Former Engineering Works
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Former Engineering Works
Image: © Robert Struthers Taken: 7 Feb 2015
This decaying building on Granton Park avenue is possibly the UK's earliest car factory. It was built in 1898 for the Madelvic Motor Carriage Company, who made electric cars. Madelvic folded and the site was taken over by the Kingsburgh Motor Company, and then by Stirlings Motor Carriages Ltd. Sadly, no examples appear to have survived of these companies' output. In later years the buildings housed a wire-manufacturing company. They have lain empty since 2001, caught in redevelopment limbo.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.980253
Longitude
-3.233315