North Street from the railway footbridge
Introduction
The photograph on this page of North Street from the railway footbridge by Lairich Rig as part of the Geograph project.
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North Street from the railway footbridge
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 19 Nov 2020
From the foot of the steps (Image), North Street continues ahead for about 320 metres before meeting Main Street. On the other side of Main Street, Hill Street continues on more or less the same line. Overton Muir (Image) occupies the central part of the background, with Bromley Muir (Image) to its right (NNW). Like Main Street, North Street was in existence when the first-edition OS map was surveyed in 1860. Hill Street, on the other side of Main Street, had not yet been built. North Street was at that time appropriately named, being the northern limit of development in this part of Alexandria. The railway footbridge from which this picture was taken was also present in 1860. The view from there would then have shown gasworks to the right (north) of the road, where there is now a garage. There is still a gas governor there. The eastern side of the footbridge, the side behind the photographer, is shown in Image
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Image Location
Latitude
55.989646
Longitude
-4.578429