October 9, 2023January 30, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about the building of the South Bridge; a “remarkable feat of engineering and town planning” and one which you mostly cannot see
September 21, 2023January 30, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about the Innocent Railway; Scotland’s oldest railway tunnel, where it got its name and how it revolutionised the City’s fuel supply
September 17, 2023January 30, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about the building of the Scotland Street tunnel, a challenging – and occasionally fatal – engineering endeavour
August 2, 2023January 30, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about the 1980s scheme to infill Wardie Bay and turn it into a Sydney Waterfront of the north
July 31, 2023January 31, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about the Forth Dam; a forgotten and failed 1920s megaproject to bridge the Firth by blocking it up
June 6, 2023January 31, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about Spuds and Hippos: Leith and Newhaven’s key part in building the Mulberry Harbours for Operation Overlord in World War 2
February 1, 2023January 31, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about the Gibsons of Leith; the enterprising fish smokers who survived shipwreck at the ends of the earth to become pioneers of Scottish aviation
December 6, 2022January 31, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about Edinburgh’s 1970s Interceptor Sewers – the great untold engineering feat that cleaned up the Firth of Forth
November 29, 2022March 4, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about Leith’s lost “Eagle Buildings” and what connects them to the building of the Forth Bridge
November 3, 2022February 1, 2024 threadinburgh The thread about the Edinburgh & Leith Atmospheric War; when “Railway Mania” rivals fought tooth and nail to build an improbable (and impossible!) railway from Edinburgh to Leith