This photo shows the Ford over Water of Leith
1964
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1964 – This was the original crossing en route to Queensferry in centuries past.
You can just make out 2 large blocks of stone which were placed under the bridge in the 1960s ? at either end to raise it, in order to avoid tree branches, debris etc., from gathering during flood conditions.
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