Old Photograph Steam Train Craigentinny East of Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of a steam train at Craigentinny, East of Edinburgh, Scotland. Craigentinny depot opened in 1904, and is now home to Virgin Trains East Coast's fleet of InterCity 125 HSTs. It also maintains InterCity 225 sets for Virgin Trains East Coast, Class 220/221 Voyager DEMUs and InterCity 125 sets for CrossCountry, and TransPennine Express Class 350 EMUs, as well as the Network Rail New Measurement Train.



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Old Photograph Ardersier Scotland

Old photograph of the John Ross shop in Ardersier a small former fishing village in the Scottish Highlands on the Moray Firth coast of Scotland. Parts of the land in and about Ardersier were originally owned by the order of the Knights Templar. These lands were referred to as: Temple Land, Temple Cruik, Temple Bank, Bogschand. They were located between Connage and the sea, and between Flemington and the sea. The Temple lands of Ardersier were held by Davidsons and Mackays as portioners. They were acquired by Cawdor in 1626.



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Old Photograph Bridge River Wick Scotland

Old photograph of a pedestrian bridge over the River Wick in Caithness. Scotland. Wick River, known also as River Wick, has its source at the confluence of Scouthal Burn and Strath Burn near Achingale Mill at the northern end of Bardarclay Moss in the Flow Country. The river estuary is in the North Sea bay of Wick and is straddled by the town of Wick.



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Old Photograph Fishwives Cleaning Haddock Aberdeen Scotland

Old photograph of fishwives cleaning Haddock in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The haddock is a saltwater fish, found in the North Atlantic Ocean and associated seas. Haddock is a very popular food fish, sold fresh, smoked, frozen, dried, or to a small extent canned. Haddock, along with Atlantic cod and plaice, is one of the most popular fish used in British fish and chips. One popular form of haddock is Finnan haddie which takes its name from the fishing village of Finnan or Findon in Scotland, where it was originally cold smoked over peat. Finnan haddie is often served poached in milk for breakfast. The town of Arbroath on the east coast of Scotland produces the Arbroath smokie. This is a hot-smoked haddock which requires no further cooking before eating.



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Old Photograph Locks Canal Street Grangemouth Scotland

Old photograph of Locks and houses on Canal Street in Grangemouth, South of Stirling, Scotland. The Forth and Clyde Canal is a canal opened in 1790, crossing central Scotland; it provided a route for the seagoing vessels of the day between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde at the narrowest part of the Scottish Lowlands. It is 35 miles long and it runs from the River Carron at Grangemouth to the River Clyde at Bowling, and had an important basin at Port Dundas in Glasgow. Between 1789 and 1803 the canal was used for trials of William Symington's steamboats, culminating in the Charlotte Dundas, the " first practical steamboat " built at the shipyard in Grangemouth by Alexander Hart.





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