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Edinburgh, Granton and Leith Railways (Paperback)
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Edinburgh, Granton and Leith Railways (Paperback)
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List price R491
Loot Price R398
Discovery Miles 3 980
You Save R93 (19%)
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In 1861, the Caledonian Railway, in its efforts to gain a foothold
in Granton and Leith, opened a line from Slateford to Granton with
a connection to Granton Harbour, where the Edinburgh, Dundee &
Perth Railway (NBR) was already established. The CR further built,
at great expense, an elevated line to Leith Docks in an effort to
establish itself in one of Scotland’s busiest ports. Significant
dock traffic never materialised and the CR’s 1903 Leith New Lines
failed. The North British Railway meanwhile, in their attempt to
keep the CR out of Leith, opened Leith Central station in 1903 –
the largest station constructed in Britain from scratch in the
twentieth century. The station was much larger than necessary and
as such was never used to its full potential. It was converted in
1955 to a Diesel Maintenance Depot and in 1972 closed completely.
With a wealth of superb rare and previously unpublished images,
Kenneth G. Williamson tells the story of Edinburgh, Granton and
Leith railways.
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