Old police box, Gorgie Road

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Old police box, Gorgie Road

Image: © kim traynor Taken: 14 Jun 2011

And it's one of the few complete examples with its small siren still attached. The Second World War sirens were relatively large, cylindrical affairs, so I suspect that this type dates from the Cold War. Judging from the attached contraption, it seems to have been recently upgraded!

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Image Location

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Latitude
55.93776
Longitude
-3.232445