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The Old Academy is an historic building in Perth, Scotland. Located on Rose Terrace, overlooking the southern end of the North Inch, it is a Category A listed building, built between 1803 and 1807. [1] [2] It was the home of Perth Academy between 1807 and 1932.
The Edinburgh Floral Clock, the clock mechanism is by James Ritchie & Son The Tollcross Clock in Edinburgh. Their works include: The installation of the Calton Hill 'Time Ball' on top of the Nelson Monument in Edinburgh that links with the One O'Clock Gun at Edinburgh Castle. [11] The company continue to maintain the clock today for Edinburgh ...
A portrait of Franklin c. 1746–1750, [Note 3] by Robert Feke widely believed to be the earliest known painting of Franklin [69] [70] Join, or Die, a 1754 political cartoon by Franklin, urged the colonies to join the Seven Years' War in the French and Indian War; the cartoon was later resurrected, serving as an iconic symbol in support of the ...
Skinnergate is a street in the city of Perth, Scotland. Along with Watergate, it is one of the oldest streets in the city. [1] It runs for around 0.76 miles (1.22 km) from Bridge Street in the north to High Street in the south. [2] Its name is derived from the process of skinning animals and the tanning of their hides during the Middle Ages.
Perth Royal Infirmary, Nurses Home With Recreation Room And Including Boundary Walls, Gatepiers And Gates 56°23′43″N 3°27′04″W / 56.395302°N 3.451127°W / 56.395302; -3.451127 ( Perth Royal Infirmary, Nurses Home With Recreation Room And Including Boundary Walls, Gatepiers And
The name Perth derives from a Pictish word meaning "wood", "copse" or "thicket", which links the town to the Picts or Britons, of whom the Picts may have been a subset.. Perth's original name, and some archaeological evidence, indicate that there must have been a settlement here from earlier times, probably at a point where a river crossing or crossings coincided with a slightly raised natural ...
St Paul's Church is a former church building located in Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Standing in St Paul's Square, on the Old High Street, at its junction with South Methven Street, it was completed in 1807. The work of architect John Paterson, [1] it is now a Category B listed building. [2]
Sir Sandford Fleming House (1866–1871), Brunswick St., Halifax, Nova Scotia In 1827, Fleming was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland [2] to Andrew and Elizabeth Fleming. At the age of 14 he was apprenticed as a surveyor and in 1845, [3] at the age of 18, he immigrated with his older brother David to colonial Canada.