From lost landmarks to a former Northern Lighthouse Board ship in Leith that went on to become a multi-award-winning five-star hotel, we’ve dipped into the Evening News achives to find 25 pictures that show Scotland’s capital city in a different light.
17. Fingal floating hotel and restaurant, Leith
A former Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB) tender, Fingal features 23 luxury cabins, each named after Stevenson lighthouses. As well as this, there's a high end bar and restaurant on board. Photo: Fingal
18. Balmoral hotel clock, city centre
Engineer Archie Cunningham prepares to bring in the Edinburgh New Year by himself inside the Balmoral hotel clock on Hogmanay, December 1991. Photo: TSPL
19. Innocent Railway Line, Dalkeith
The Innocent line was a horse-drawn railway line connecting St Leonard’s and Dalkeith. Completed in 1831, it was Edinburgh’s debut railway, and its tunnel is one of the oldest in the United Kingdom. Photo: geograph/Jim Barton
20. St James Centre
The Queen and Lord Provost John Miller outside St James Centre in Edinburgh in July 1975. Photo: TSPL