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1966: 833: 1074: 45: 529: 62: 98: 521: 571:. The original project included a central pier named the Victoria Jetty and a road running eastwards to Leith. The young Queen Victoria landed at the pier on RY Royal George on 1 September 1842 on her first official visit to Edinburgh as queen. In 1843/44 the pier was extended in length to a total of 1700 feet (around 500m) this stage being completed in October 1844. By 1845 an "exceedingly low" cost steamboat service used to run between 513: 445: 750: 984: 955: 105: 69: 1011:. In 1890 when the Forth Bridge opened, the long distance trains started using it and after that the line to Granton was just used by local passenger and goods trains. Passenger trains ran until 1926, when the tram and omnibus services became fully integrated. Goods services ran until 1986, when the lines were lifted. 273: 980:. The line was extended in 1838 to Granton harbour, located on the middle pier. The junction in Edinburgh was too steep to be operated by locomotive, and so trains had to be worked by rope. By 1868, a new line was built from Waverley station through Abbeyhill to Bonnington which ended rope working. 499:
In 1928 a quarrying firm, Bain and Brown, bought the site to excavate the rock outcrop beneath the castle. The majority of the castle was lost due to this exercise. The exercise itself was largely redundant as the steeply angled rock bed quickly meant excavation became too deep to be economic. Now
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works were built in 1898 for the manufacture of electric cars. Like the gasometers, the factory is also a listed building. However, approval has been granted for its demolition as part of wider redevelopment of the area. In June 2017, planning permission was granted for a community garden on the
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Development during World War Two included the construction of the works of Bruce Peebles (later Parsons Peebles), that made high voltage electrical equipment, including transformers for electricity power stations. The works burnt down in a huge fire in 1999, and is now part of the waterside
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The walled garden of the castle survives. For many years it was the home of a small scale commercial market garden. It was threatened by housing development proposals but was saved by a local campaign and is now maintained as a community resource by the Friends of Granton Castle Garden.
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was the key base in Scotland of the Northern Lighthouse Board with their boats taking lighthouse keepers and their supplies to and from lighthouses around the coast of Scotland. Granton also became the base for pilots from 1920, guiding ships into the
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did a survey and created scale drawings of the remnants. This showed a standard L-plan Scottish tower house with a courtyard to the north side. This was accessed by a gateway on the west side, on the outer side of which was a
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grass for making paper. The fishing fleet grew considerably, leading to the development of an ice house in the late 19th century, to the west of the harbour. There were some 80 fishing trawlers resident just before
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was built for this purpose. In 1864, the Caledonian built a line to Leith, with stations at Newhaven Road (near Trinity Academy), Granton Road, East Pilton, Craigleith, Murrayfield and Dalry Road running to
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and Granton. The gasworks site spread over 110 acres (0.45 km), is to be redeveloped as the ForthQuarter, a mixed-use development of housing, offices, local services, a park, and a new campus for
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or a new harbour at Granton. The initial bid for Trinity did not receive parliamentary consent and in 1836 a second Bill promoting Granton was agreed. It received Royal Assent on 21 April 1837.
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down to what was Granton Beach. The name is presumed to come from Grant's Town or Grant's Dun (hill). However, the OED entry for the word grindle states that Granton is first recorded as
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opened a line to Granton from Dalry, providing a goods service to Granton harbour. They agreed a contract to run passenger services to the new gas works from central Edinburgh; the
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Construction began in June 1837 and the initial central pier was opened on 28 June 1838, coinciding with the coronation of Queen Victoria. The entire project was funded by the
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Granton harbour was used as the base for mine-sweeping equipment: mainly Scottish trawlers and their crews, called into active service and conscripted as part of the
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Granton first appears on maps in the seventeenth century relating to the now-demolished Granton Castle. The name also appears in Granton Burn, which now runs through
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oversaw the later construction of the outer breakwaters, which were completed in 1863. Thereafter the Resident Engineer was John Howkins, followed by his son, also
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and his team, including GC Robb who laid out the latter stages and designed feature terraces in Royston Mains. The majority of these properties are still in use.
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opened in Granton in 1996. It does not serve a publicly accessible museum function. A new reception and conservation building was built at its entrance in 2005.
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Granton - Western General - West End - Lothian Road (47) Princes Street (X37) - Newington - Liberton - Straiton - Penicuik Ladywood (47) Penicuik Deanburn (X37)
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industrial architecture. In 2023, the inner 'bell' of the surviving gasholder was removed, leaving the listed frame to be part of the regenerated waterfront.
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which were clearly visible from Fife. Two of the structures, built in the 1930s and 1970s, have now been demolished. The third structure remains, and is
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West Granton - Western General - Craigleith - Ravelston - Murrayfield - Gorgie - Morningside - Blackford - Kings Building - Royal Infirmary
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flats, were built from east to west in three tranches, Granton, Wardieburn and Royston Mains. They were designed by City Architect
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From 1932, the Council developed Granton as a major 150 acres (61 ha) housing scheme. Over 1,700 residential units, mainly
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Torphin - Colinton - Oxgangs - Morningside - Tollcross - Princes Street - Leith - Newhaven - Granton - Muirhouse - Silverknowes
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to the west of the harbour was initially developed to provide stone to build the harbour. Later it provided stone for parts of
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set up the Marine Laboratory in Granton, the first of its kind in the United Kingdom. In 1894, this laboratory was moved to
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Historic Madelvic car factory set to be demolished after Edinburgh Council U-turn – Edinburgh Evening News 12 January 2010
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West Granton - Muirhouse - Drylaw - Western General - Stockbridge - West End - The Meadows - Blackford - Royal Infirmary
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redevelopment. The firm continues in business as Parsons Peebles Generation Limited, Wood Road, Royal Dockyard, Rosyth.
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Colinton - Oxgangs - Morningside - Tollcross - Princes Street - Leith - Newhaven - Granton - Muirhouse - Silverknowes
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On development of the harbour, the Duke needed a railway connection to make a profit. He became an investor in the
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Granton Gasworks were formerly one of Edinburgh waterfront's most prominent landmarks, comprising three blue
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site. In November 2021, a Red Wheel plaque was unveiled at the site. Red Wheel plaques are installed by the
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The building fell derelict by the 18th century. At the end of the 19th century the architectural historians
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and is, historically, an industrial area having a large harbour. Granton is part of Edinburgh's large scale
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The railway embankment, which separated Lower Granton Road from the Forth, was removed in the late-1980s.
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Muirhouse - Granton - Pilton - Ferry Road - Elm Row - North Bridge - Newington - Prestonfield - Niddrie
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Exceptionally preserved conchostracans and other crustaceans from the Upper Carboniferous of Ireland
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Granton - Pilton - Western General - West End - Princes Street - Meadowbank - Lochend - Portobello
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carried the trains, which formed the main link across the Forth until completion of the
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announced the cancellation of Phase 1b of the project citing problems caused by the
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Granton Castle is first documented in 1479, as a building owned by John Melville of
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https://citypopulation.de/en/uk/scotland/wards/city_of_edinburgh/S13002922__forth/
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in the area, and when he was called up for national service in World War Two, his
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The oldest surviving car factory building in Britain is located in Granton. The
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Granton - Muirhouse - Davidson Mains - Drum Brae - Sighthill - Wester Hailes
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Granton became a successful port for the export of coal, and import of
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from Leith to Granton. They were joined in 1923 by trams from the
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Much of West Granton housing was demolished from 1995 onwards.
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Railways of Edinburgh, Granton, Leith and Haymarket in 1905
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Today two boat clubs jointly run the Edinburgh Marina: the
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From 1942 to 1946, Granton harbour was home of shore-based
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E. N. K. Clarkson (1985). "Carboniferous crustaceans".
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to identify sites of significant transport heritage.
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