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Everything must change

Now long abandoned, the Hawkscraig pier was erected in 1866 for paddle-steamers carrying day-trippers across the Forth from Edinburgh.

When the railway came to Aberdour in the 1890s via the Forth Rail Bridge, the demand for the service declined and the demise of the pier shortly followed.

The Forth Rail Bridge is just visible in the top right of the photo.

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Uploaded on December 27, 2017
Taken on December 26, 2017