Old Photograph Railway Station Torryburn Fife Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Torryburn, Fife, Scotland. This, now closed, station was part of the Dunfermline To Kincardine-On-Forth Railway. Torryburn grew around coal mining in the 19th century. An early example of a colliery pumping engine designed by James Watt was set going here in 1778. Alison Cunningham was born in 1822 Torryburn. She later became the nurse to Robert Louis Stevenson in 1852, remaining in the household until November 1872. She was deeply devoted and loyal to Stevenson, and her religious views had a strong influence on the young Stevenson who was very fond of her. He dedicated A Child’s Garden of Verses in 1885 to her to thank her for the nights she spent caring for him when he was ill as a child. Torryburn is one of a number of old port communities on this coast and at one point served as port for Dunfermline.



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