Old Fire Engine House, Junction Place
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Old Fire Engine House, Junction Place
Image: © kim traynor Taken: 20 May 2009
Leith's old fire station from the age of horse-drawn fire engines. One of the worst fires in the history of Leith occurred on the night of 2nd April 1916 when a Zeppelin bomb set ablaze the Innes & Grieve bonded whisky warehouse in Commercial Street. The estimated cost of the uninsured damage and loss was £40,000.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.97289
Longitude
-3.17764