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Granton Harbour

On the Firth of Forth

Three miles to the north of the centre of Edinburgh

 

Views from

Granton Harbour

and

Granton Beach

View of Wardie and Granton from Granton Harbour - Post card, c.1904 ©

Postcard  -  c.1904

 

View of Wardie and Granton from Granton Harbour - Post card, c.1904 with legends added ©

Postcard  -  c.1904

 (with legends)

View of Wardie and Granton from Granton Harbour - photograph 2004 ©

Photo  -  2004

View of Wardie and Granton from Granton Harbour - photograph 2004 with legends added ©

Photo -  2004

 (with legends)

  Postcard by W Smith, Goldenacre - Looking to Lower Granton Road from Granton Beach ©

Granton Beach

Postcard by W Smith, Goldenacre - Looking to Lower Granton Road from Granton Beach - with legends added ©

Granton Beach

with legend added

  

Granton Harbour

Panorama

Granton Harbour Panorama - made from six photographs taken on 30 June 2004 ©

Granton Harbour Panorama

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Granton Harbour Panorama - made from six photographs taken on 30 June 2004 ©

Panorama - with key

 

Granton Harbour

Recent Photos

Edinburgh Waterfront - Western Harbour - 19 July 2002 ©

A selection of photos of
Granton Western Harbour

Edinburgh Waterfront - Middle Pier - 19 August 2002 ©

A selection of photos of
Granton Middle Pier

Looking down on Wardie Square and Granton Harbour from Granton Road - October 2002 ©

Eastern Harbour
 and Wardie Square

Looking down on Wardie Square and Granton Harbour from Granton Road - October 2002 ©

Eastern Harbour
and Wardie Square

Looking to Granton Eastern Harbour from Middle Pier - 6 Jul;y 2004 ©

Eastern Harbour
 lamp post

  Looking over Granton Eastern Harbour from Middle Pier at low tide on a misty day ©

Eastern Harbour
 misty weather  -  low tide

Granton Harbour - Life Belt and Boat - 6 July 2004 ©

Eastern Harbour
 life belt + boat

Looking to Granton Eastern Harbour from Middle Pier - 6 Jul;y 2004 ©

Eastern Harbour
looking towards Platinum Point

Looking to Granton Eastern Harbour from Middle Pier - 6 Jul;y 2004 ©

Eastern Harbour
at low tide

Granton Burntisland Ferries:         "Leviathan"           "William Muir"

  

Granton Harbour and Eastern Breakwater

Christmas Eve 2010

Snow

   Granton Harbour - Snow - Christmmas Eve, 2010 ©

Eastern Breakwater and Shadows

Granton Harbour - Snow - Christmmas Eve, 2010 ©

Boats at Granton Pier:  zoom-in

Granton Harbour - Snow - Christmmas Eve, 2010 ©

Boats at Granton Pier:  zoom-in

   Granton Harbour - Snow - Christmmas Eve, 2010 ©

Granton Harbour
from Eastern Breakwater

Granton Harbour - Snow - Christmmas Eve, 2010 ©

Granton Pier
from Eastern Breakwater

Granton Harbour - Snow - Christmmas Eve, 2010 ©

New Apartments and
RFYC Boatyard

   Granton Harbour - Snow - Christmmas Eve, 2010 ©

New Apartments and
Granton Pier

Granton Harbour - Snow - Christmmas Eve, 2010 ©

View from southern end
of Eastern Breakwater

Granton Harbour - Snow - Christmmas Eve, 2010 ©

Granton Pier and
Eastern Breakwater

 

Looking Down from Trinity

to

Granton Harbour and Eastern Breakwater

Looking down on Granton Harbour and Wardie Bay from Trinity ©

September 1975

Looking down on Granton Harbour and Wardie Bay from Trinity ©

June 1988

Looking down on Granton Harbour and Wardie Bay from Trinity ©

September 1987

Looking down on Granton Harbour and Wardie Bay from Trinity ©

March 1988

Looking down on Granton Harbour and Wardie Bay from Trinity ©

May 1988

Looking down on Granton Harbour and Wardie Bay from Trinity ©

January 1988

Granton Harbour - Late Evening - August 2003 ©

August 2003

Granton Eastern Harbour - Late evening ©

July 2006

Granton Harbour Sunset - 2011 ©

June 2011

 

Granton Harbour

Recent Paintings by Frank Forsgard Manclark

   Painting by Frank Forsgard Manclark, 'The Leith Artist' - Granton Harbour ©

Granton Harbour

 One of a series of paintings of harbours around Edinburgh by 'The Leith Artist', Frank Forsgard Manclark - Granton Harbour ©

Granton Harbour

 

Granton Harbour

Postcards, Old Photos, Engravings, Sketches

   Postcard - Horses embarking at Granton Harbour for manoeuvres ©

   The back of a postcard of horses embarking at Granton Harbour for manoeuvres ©

Postcard

Granton Harbour

William Muir: horses embarking

The Crew of a GrantonTrawler - Blue Bell ©

Postcard

Granton Trawler

Blue Bell

Postcard by Hartmann - Granton Eastern Harbour ©

Postcard - early 1900s

Granton Eastern Harbour

Granton Harbour - A load for a power station arrives from Bruce Peebles in the 1960s ©

Photograph

Granton Harbour

Granton Harbour - Dredger - Photograph by Begbie ©

Begbie Photo

late 1850s

Granton Harbour

Granton Trawler, 'Stewart Boyle' ©

Photograph

Granton Trawler

Stewart Boyle

Granton Trawler, Granton Merlin, operated by Croan Trawlers Ltd and then by British United Trawlers Ltd., Granton ©

'Granton Merlin'

Croan Trawler

Trawlers at Granton Harbour ©

Photograph

Trawlers

Granton Steam Trawler, Daily Chronicle, operated byT L Devlin Ltd, Granton ©

'Daily Chronicle'

Devlin Trawler

A tanlker discharging oil at Granton Harbour in the 1930s ©

1930s

Tanker and railway tracks

The Deep Water Coaling Berth at Granton Harbour - 1930s ©

1930s

Coaling Berth

The Deep Water Coaling Berth at Granton Harbour - 1930s ©

1930s

Coaling Berth

Engraving - Granton Harbour ©    Engraving from "Old & New Edinburgh - Granton Harbour - hand coloured ©

Engraving - 1800s

Granton Harbour and Railway

Granton Harbour and Men ©

Early Photograph

Harbour, Buildings, Men

Steam Trawler GN37, Drumsheugh, at Granton Harbour in 1952 ©

Steam Trawler DRUMSHEUGH

GN37 at Granton Harbour

Trawlers in Western Harbour, Granton ©

Trawlers in
Western Harbour

 'Waverley Series' postcard by an unidentified publisher Granton Harbour ©

Granton Harbour

Three Minesweepers at Granton Harbour ©

Minesweepers at
Granton Harbour

Crew of Minesweeper MFV1024 ©

Minesweeper Crew
MFV1024

The trawler 'Gregor Paton' returning to Granton Harbour in the mid-1960s ©

1960s

Trawler
'Gregor Paton'

Postcard, posted in 1906 - A sailor on Fisheries Protection Vessel, FC Brenda ©

Sailor on Board Fisheries Protection Vessel
FC Brenda

©

1919

Granton Western Harbour

View from Granton Middle Pier, across Granton Western Harbour towards Granton Gas Works . Photo taken around 1961 ©

Around 1961

View from Granton Middle Pier across Granton Western Harbour

Granton Harbour - Trawler and ferry - Photo taken when ©

Date?

Granton Trawler and Ferry

Trawler, believed to be at Middle Pier, Granton Harbour ©

Granton Middle Pier - Trawler GN11 - when?

Sailing Trawlers at Granton Middle Pier ©

Date?

Granton Middle Pier - Schooners

More photos of Granton Middle Pier

 

Granton Harbour

Sketches

Queen Victoria arrives at Granton Harbour on the Royal Yacht 'Royal George' on 1 September 1842 ©

1842

Queen Victoria Arrives

Queen Victoria's arrival at Granton Harbour, earlier than expected, caught the Magistrates and citizens of Edinburgh by surprise. The result was confusion in the streets of Edinburgh ©

1842

Streets of Edinburgh

Queen Victoria departs Granton Harbour on the 'Trident' on 15 September 1842 ©

1842

Queen Victoria Departs

 

Granton Harbour

Badge

   Badge - Granton Sailors Club - 1917 - Mine Sweepers ©

Granton Sailors Club Badge - 1917

 

Index Page

Granton

More photos around Granton

Waterfront

Recollections

  Granton, Trinity and Wardie

Maps

Granton Harbour

History and Questions

Granton Harbour

Photos

Around Edinburgh

 

 

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EdinPhoto - Home Page      Please send me an e-mail ... with your questions, comments, suggestions or news.      At any time, you can search for a word - perhaps a photographer's name or a photographic topic. The search will produce a list of pages on the EdinPhoto web site where this word appears.            At any time, you can search for a word - perhaps a photographer's name or a photographic topic. The search will produce a list of pages on the EdinPhoto web site where this word appears.

Photographs and Other Images - These include portraits of photographers - photographic outings - Princes Street views - Newhaven Fishwives - etc.  Early Photography in Edinburgh - Talbot, Brewster, Hill & Adamson, Early Professional Photographers in Princes Street, etc.  Professional Photographers in Edinburgh - 1840 to 1940 - Their names, dates of business and studio addresses.  The Photographic Society of Scotland - 1856 to 1873 - Lectures, Exhibitions, Outings, etc.  The History of Edinburgh Photographic Society - 1861 to date - Lectures, Exhibitions, Outings, Poems, etc.  EPS Publications - EPS Handwritten Records - Photographic Journals - Trade Directories - Books - etc.  Thanks to all who have encouraged and supported me in creating the EdinPhoto web site - including descendants of photogrpahers - researchers - providers of photographs and other material  Background notes on the research thal led up to the creation of this site - together with lists of new material added to the site since its launch.  Brief comments on how this site might be used - Just browsing? - Seeking specific information?  Please add your questions, suggestions or other comments to the Guest Book.  Links to other web sites - Photographic Societies - Photographic History - Family History - etc.  Click here to find the link to the Edinburgh Photogrpahic Society web site.  Details of who owns the copyright of photographs and other mateiral on this web site.

A selection of my photographs, many from Edinburgh throughout the year. Also photos from Scotland, London, Iceland, Italy, Hong Kong and elsewhere    Many old maps of Edinburgh (Old Town, New Town, while City), Leith and Newhaven. Includes several old transport maps and a comparison of old maps with recent aerial photos.   Old engravings, mailly of Edinburgh scenes. Some from the 1820s, some from the 1890s, some others - includes many hand-coloured examples from the 1820s.   News from Edinburgh today - Events, Collections, Buildings and Gardens, Transport   This site includes 1. Post card portraits taken in studios in Edinburgh: 2. Post card views either takeen/published by Ediburgh photographers or views of Edinburgh, or both.y Edinburgh    Views of Edinburgh, grouped into three sections: 1. Street views: 2. Buildings: 3. Around Edinburgh   Views of transport around Edinburgh - Horse drawn trams and buses, cable cars, electric trams, buses and a few railway photos. Also several maps of Edinburgh's bus and tram routes.   Summary of the updates added to this site each month since the site was launched   Frequently Asked Questions

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