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Part of Burntisland's heritage is to be recorded with a new plaque.

The National Transport Trust wants to put a red plaque at the Old Station House in Forth Place to commemorate its role as a key transport route between Fife and Edinburgh before the Forth Rail bridge was built.

It has applied to Fife Council for permission to add it to the front of the building.
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Burntisland New Pier: The passenger paddle steamer 'William Muir' enjoyed a long service between 1879 and 1937. Introduced on the Granton-Burntisland with the increase in traffic after the opening of the first Tay Bridge she survived the opening of the Forth Bridge in 1890, when the goods boats were withdrawn, until 1937. Seen here at the new pier opened with the rebuilding of Burntisland East Dock in 1901. The east dock is beyond the steamer. Burntisland's old and new stations were a little off to the left.
Ewan Crawford Collection //


Burntisland New Pier: The Burntisland Ferry Booking Office in 1973, demolished a few years later to make way for a short-lived hovercraft operation. The lettering on the canopy reads GRANTON - BURNTISLAND FERRY - BOOKING OFFICE - PAY HERE. This office belongs to the new pier, which in 1901 replaced the Albert Pier with the opening of the east dock.
Bill Roberton //1973


Burntisland [1st]: The Edinburgh and Northern 1847 terminus at Burntisland which linked with the train ferry to Granton. All doors and windows are now boarded up, March 2007.
John Furnevel 15/03/2007

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