Old power station, Macdonald Road
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Old power station, Macdonald Road
Image: © kim traynor Taken: 1 May 2010
Looking more like a Florentine church than an industrial building, this was one of the main electricity generating stations that powered the old electric tramways in Edinburgh which disappeared in 1956. The intention is to convert it into flats.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.964372
Longitude
-3.18507