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List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	Situation	Description remarks
WEST BREAKWATER [Leith]	West Breakwater West Breakwater West Breakwater	P. Dall, Master R.N. [Royal Navy] Superintendent of Leith Docks Mr. Andrew C.E [Civil Engineer] Co. [County] Map		[situation] Projecting in a N.E. [North East] direction from the Burgh of Leith to West Pier A large and strongly built breakwater it is faced with dressed whinstone, raised to a height of feet and extends in a N. [North] Easterly direction from the North Bastion of the Queen's Dock to the west Pier.
WEST PIER	West Pier	P. Dall, Master R.N. [Royal Navy] Superintendent of Leith Docks		[situation] Projecting in a N.W.[North West] direction from the Burgh of Leith A large and finely constructed wooden Pier extending in a northerly direction from the north west of the new dock, the southern Portion of it Consists of a wooden Platform resting On wooden Piles, the other portion is also a platform on wooden Piles, but it has a stone, breakwater beneath it. On it northern extremity is to be a lighthouse

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Parish of North Leith

This Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 07
OS large scale Scottish town plans, 1847-1895 - Scale: 1:1056

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