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Portobello

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porty_ps3.jpg (144336 bytes) Power Station
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If, like me, you spent some part of your youth at Portobello open-air Swimming Pool across the road from this edifice, then you'll remember the red-brick chimney looming over you.
porty_ps.jpg (228770 bytes) Demolition 1
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There are houses on this site now, of course. It's a pity they didn't make this a listed building like the gasworks at Granton. It might have made a good industrial museum.
porty_ps2.jpg (300241 bytes) Demolition 2
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Crushed, twisted metal amongst the demolition debris.
fun-city_small.jpg (1491 bytes) Fun City
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The entrance to Portobello's fun fair, not far from the power station and swimming pool.

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