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How to explore responsiblyWhat the official index records
Historic Environment Scotland — NRHE records this location as AIR RAID SHELTER (SECOND WORLD WAR), POWER STATION (19TH CENTURY), TRAM DEPOT (19TH CENTURY). Our atlas groups it under wwii defences using that source wording.
Edinburgh, Leith Walk, Shrub Place Lane, Shrubhill Tramway Workshops And Power Station is recorded by Historic Environment Scotland under reference 174942. The supplied index identifies AIR RAID SHELTER (SECOND WORLD WAR), POWER STATION (19TH CENTURY), TRAM DEPOT (19TH CENTURY). Current condition and visitor access are not established by this source index.
Record details
- Category
- WWII defences
- Source classification
- AIR RAID SHELTER (SECOND WORLD WAR), POWER STATION (19TH CENTURY), TRAM DEPOT (19TH CENTURY)
- Period / construction dates
- Second World War
- Current condition
- Not verified
- Designation
- Not supplied in this source
- Designation date
- Not supplied
- Nearest reference town
- Edinburgh (approximate)
- County / historic source county
- MIDLOTHIAN
- County or local authority (ONS)
- City of Edinburgh
- Nation
- Scotland
- Source record ID
- 174942
- Coordinates
- 55.963763, -3.182072 (reference point, not an entrance)
- Index checked
- 2026-09-13
- Source last updated
- 2006-01-12
- Published access reviewed
- Not yet verified
Index verification means the record and supplied attributes were checked against the official downloaded index on 2026-09-13. It does not mean a site visit or confirmation of current access. Points may refer to a whole complex, a surviving component or a recorded location.