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Edinburgh, 116 Fountainbridge, Fountainbridge Telephone Exchange

Telephone Exchange (20th Century)

Site Name Edinburgh, 116 Fountainbridge, Fountainbridge Telephone Exchange

Classification Telephone Exchange (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Cadona's Fairground; Gardiner's Crescent; India Super Tyres Ltd

Canmore ID 143371

Site Number NT27SW 1723

NGR NT 24560 72928

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/143371

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  • Council Edinburgh, City Of
  • Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District City Of Edinburgh
  • Former County Midlothian

Summary Record

Fountainbridge Telephone Exchange was built from 1948-52 (architect Stewart Sim, Senior Architect to the Ministry of Works in Scotland).

The site had been cleared between the OS 3rd and 4th Editions of 1914 and 1931, possibly in conjunction with the truncation of the canal at Lochrin Basin and the filling in of Port Hamilton and Port Hopetoun.

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