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Aberlour House, the only country house that William Robertson built from scratch, has been described by Charles McKean and Walker and Woodworth as his "masterpiece". [1] [2] Its main block presents a two-storey, five bay north-facing frontage, [2] with a porte-cochère projecting from the central entrance supported by doric columns, [2] and with the outer two bays slightly advanced. [3]
Some of the Scotsman Steps. In 2011 the gallery was involved in commissioning The Scotsman Steps. These 104 steps which link Waverley Station to North Bridge were opened in 1899. They were redesigned by artist Martin Creed (as Work No. 1059) to incorporate a different type of marble for each step in 2011. [5]
Scotsman's Stump. On 9 November 1838 George Henderson, a Scottish merchant walking over the hill from Horwich to Blackburn, was murdered by gunshot. A monument was erected in 1912 to replace an earlier bush planted at the spot, sited at the side of the road opposite the television station. [10]
Image credits: Old-time Photos To learn more about the fascinating world of photography from the past, we got in touch with Ed Padmore, founder of Vintage Photo Lab.Ed was kind enough to have a ...
Centenary of The Scotsman, 1817 - 1917, J Ritchie & Co: Author "The Scotsman" Licensing. Public domain Public domain false false:
The Scotsman Steps were built between 1899 and 1902 by architects Dunn & Findlay as part of the construction of the building housing The Scotsman newspaper and, since 2001, The Scotsman Hotel. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The steps were built in a French style as a spiral staircase within an enclosed octagonal tower; the tower was decorated with wrought iron ...
General anaesthetic: Pioneered by Scotsman James Young Simpson and Englishman John Snow [140] Identifying the mosquito as the carrier of malaria: Sir Ronald Ross (1857–1932) [141] Identifying the cause of brucellosis: Sir David Bruce (1855–1931) [142] Discovering the vaccine for typhoid fever: Sir William B. Leishman (1865–1926) [143]
Last month's mid-air collision near Washington, D.C., was the first fatal American commercial air disaster since shortly after 10 p.m. on February 12, 2009, when Colgan Air Flight 3407 fell out of ...