Stockbridge Colonies and the Water of Leith
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Stockbridge Colonies and the Water of Leith by Jim Barton as part of the Geograph project.
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Stockbridge Colonies and the Water of Leith
Image: © Jim Barton Taken: 26 Jan 2013
A high wall has been built as part of flood prevention measures, still in progress. The Stockbridge Colonies were terraces built between 1861 and 1911 by the Edinburgh Cooperative Building Co. as low cost housing - for more information see for example http://www.stockbridgecolonies.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=82&Itemid=150
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Image Location
Latitude
55.961886
Longitude
-3.209824