| P number: | P001279 |
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| Old photograph number: | D05484 |
| Caption: | Oblique aerial view of Musselburgh Racecourse and Levenhall Links, looking from the east-south-east. |
| Description: | The natural 'links' topography of the racecourse formed the ideal environment for creating what could be reasonably claimed as the oldest golf course in the world. The links on the seaward side of the racecourse is not a natural links at all, but is made ground reclaimed from the intertidal flats of Musselburgh Sands by controlled tipping into lagoons behind a new sea-wall of fly ash from Cockenzie coal-fired Power Station. Four stages of land reclamation are seen inside the sea-wall, from top to bottom: settling-pond currently being filled with fly-ash sludge; infill forming mound; pond part filled and left as recreational facility; infill mound with wildlife ponds created on top; second settling-pond currently being filled. The racecourse lies on the naturally flat area, the post-glacial raised beach with low dunes of blown sand. Levenhall Links, on the seaward side is not a natural links at all, but is made ground. In the distance is the port of Leith with the River Forth and the Queensferry bridges. |
| Date taken: | Wed May 01 00:00:00 BST 1996 |
| Photographer: | Bain, T.S. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 336300 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 673300 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Portrait |
| Size: | 289.51 KB; 991 x 1000 pixels; 84 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 262 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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