Leith page 13
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A heap of trash on the dockside, origin and destination unknown. No doubt most of it was manufactured in China. It may be destined for the landfill site near Kirknewton. | |
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Three elegant white cranes wait patiently beside this vessel. The Kaubturm has, so I was told by a local man, been there for at least a year and no longer has any engines. It was built in 1978. | |
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The rails where the cranes once moved along the dockside are now becoming overgrown with moss and grass. No cargo has been loaded or unloaded here for a while. | |
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This enigmatic building overlooks the Albert Dock. To get anywhere near it, you have to pass through the locked gates at the entrance to Leith Docks. The gates are unmanned but there's a telephone and security system. | |
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A few yards further south, nearer to Ocean Drive is this view west towards the Ocean Terminal building. Moss now grows in amongst the railway lines and stone setts. | |
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Debenham's grey waterside building is colour-matched with a passing ship emblazoned with the legend 'Iceland Cement'. This ship doesn't appear to be heavily laden; perhaps it's going to fill up with cement from Dunbar in East Lothian. | |
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The rubbish that has floated down the Water of Leith gets trapped behind this floating boom. It used to be further back and has presumably been relocated to this less obvious place where Ocean Drive crosses the entrance to Victoria Dock. A coot seems unperturbed by the junk and dives for fish nearby. | |
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Hopefully this disgusting mess (only 120 metres from the Scottish Executive building) gets cleaned up every once in a while. It's sad that antisocial arseholes dump their rubbish in Edinburgh's river. |
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