History of Leith, Edinburgh

6/14/2004

A Strange Map of Leith

During the craze for Canal Building in the late 18th and early 19th century there was a proposal to build a canal across Leith Links to join Leith Docks with the Forth-Clyde Canal and that is what is shown on this map. Fortunately it never happened!

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History of Leith, Edinburgh

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A Strange Map of Leith

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