1886 Edinburgh International Exhibition

Held at West Meadow Pleasure Park and enclosed over 26 acres, with raised buildings over an area of 7 acres, a portion of which buildings will remain permanent as a memorial of the undertaking. They were filled with a vast collection of objects drawn from the wide domains of industry, science, and art.

Designed by J. Burnet and Sons, architects, and Mr. Charles C. Lindsay, C.E., of Glasgow. The cost of the buildings to their designs was about £30,000

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A series of detailed articles was published in The Engineer:

• No. I : The Engineer 1886/05/07.
• No. II: The Engineer 1886/05/21
• No. III: The Engineer 1886/06/11
• No. IV: The Engineer 1886/06/18
• No. V :The Engineer 1886/07/02.
• No. VI: The Engineer 1886/07/16.
• No. VII: The Engineer 1886/07/23.
• No. VIII: The Engineer 1886/08/27.

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• Exhibitors included;
  • Chubb and Sons.
  • H. A. Hedley.
  • Bishop and Co of London.
  • D. Adamson and Co.
  • Penman and Co.
  • Babcock and Wilcox.
  • Arthur Carey.
  • George and William Bertram.
  • Douglas and Grant.
  • Alexander Seggie.
  • W. C. Horne.
  • William Collins, Sons and Co.
  • George Stewart and Co Edinburgh
  • John Greig and Sons Edinburgh
  • Waddie and Co Edinburgh
  • James Milne and Sons Edinburgh
  • T. and A. Constable.
  • Robert Thomson and Sons.
  • Thomas Melvin.
  • Thompson Brothers.
  • Young Brothers.
  • David Thomson.
  • Joseph Baker and Sons.
  • J. S. Fry and Sons.
  • Daniel Rylands.
  • A. and W. Smith.
  • Platt Brothers.
  • George Hodgson.
  • Hutchinson, Hollingworth and Co.
  • Thomas Kennedy.
  • W. H. Grant.
  • J. and J. S. Templeton.
  • R. and J. Dick.
  • Rankin Kennedy.
  • Crossley Brothers.
  • John Cochrane.
  • Schrader, Mitchell and Weir.
  • Arrol Brothers.
  • Thomas McCulloch and Sons.
  • James Black.
  • S. Pollock and Sons.
  • John Binnie.
  • Alley and MacLellan.
  • Duncan Stewart and Co.
  • Greenwood and Batley.
  • Forrest and Welsh.
  • Glen and Ross.
  • J. Copeland and Co.
  • Richard Smith.
  • Robey and Co.
  • Davis and Primrose.
  • Singer Sewing Machine Co.
  • George Sinclair.
  • Marshall, Sons and Co.
  • King, Brown and Co.
  • Thomson-Houston Electric Co.
  • John Bennie.
  • Anglo American Brush Co.
  • Gulcher Co.
  • Woodside Electric Co
  • Andrews and Co.
  • John Tullis and Son
  • Norman and Son.
  • John Tullis and Son.
  • Hamilton, Caldwell and Sons.

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