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Old Chain Pier

Trinity Crescent, Newhaven

 

Old Photos

Photograph in Edinburgh Calotype Club album - Volume 2, Page 95 - Chain Pier ©

1840s Photograph

Edinburgh Calotype Album

Postcard - Looking along Starbank Road towards Trinity Crescent ©

Albany Postcard

Road Roller - Starbank Road

Photograph: 30 April 2004 - Trinity - Looking along Starbank Road towards Trintiy Crescent ©

Photo:  April 2004

Starbank Road

 

Painting

Painting of the Old Chain Pier ©

Artist:  Edmund Thornton Crawford RSA

 

April 2004

Fire Damage

The Old Chain Pier with a damaged roof following a fire - view from the south-west, April 2004 ©

view from the south-west

Furniture in front of The Old Chain Pier following the fire - April 2004 ©

furniture after the fire

The Old Chain Pier with a damaged roof following a fire - view from the west, April 2004 ©

view from the west

The Old Chain Pier with a damaged roof following a fire - view from the east, looking along the Firth of Forth, April 2004 ©

view from the east

 

May 2004

No Roof

The Old Chain Pier with its roof removed following a fire - view from the south, May 2004 ©

view from the south

 

June 2004

No Roof

The Old Chain Pier with its roof removed following a fire - wide angle view from the south, June 2004 ©

wide angle view
 from the south

The Old Chain Pier with its roof removed following a fire - wide angle view from the west, June 2004 ©

view from the west

The Old Chain Pier with its roof removed following a fire - Interior, June 2004 ©

Interior

 

July 2004

New Roof

The Old Chain Pier with new roof following a fire - view from the east, July 2004 ©

view from the east

The Old Chain Pier with new roof following a fire - view from the north-east, July 2004 ©

view from the north-east

The Old Chain Pier with new roof following a fire - interior - July 2004 ©

Interior  -  The Old Anchorage

 

October 2010

Open Again

Looking to the west along Trinity Crescent towards Old Chain Pier bar on a bleak morning in October 2010 ©

Old Chain Pier - Bar
from Trinity Crescent

 

September 2011

Closed Again

Old Chain Pier bar - September 2011 ©

Old Chain Pier - Bar
from Wardie Bay

Old Chain Pier - September 2011 ©

Old Chain Pier - Bar
from Trinity Crescent

Old Chain Pier - September 2011 ©

Old Chain Pier - Bar + Conservatory

Old Chain Pier - September 2011 ©

Old Chain Pier - Bar + Conservatory

 

 

History & Recollections:    Old Chain Pier

Photos:  Wardie Bay

 

 

 

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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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