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Caledonian Edinburgh : The Most Famous Hotels in the World

Caledonian Edinburgh : The Most Famous Hotels in the World

Roderick Martine
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The opening of the Princes Street Station Hotel, re-christened the Caledonian Station Hotel, helped to consolidate Scotland's position on the United Kingdom stage, then on the international stage, by heralding a new era of luxury and travel in Scotland. King Edward VII was on the throne of Great Britain and presided over the British Empire, not least as Emperor of India. Across the Atlantic Ocean, Roosevelt had become the 26th President of the United States of America following the assassination of President McKinley.
Scottish-born steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie was in the process of endowing public libraries and universities across the USA and Britain to raise levels of education. Engineer Henry Ford was busy founding a small motor vehicle company that would grow into a multinational conglomerate, and the Wright Brothers had succeeded in keeping their latest invention in the air for a full minute before it touched the ground again.
The popular songs of the day were 'Sweet Adeline', 'Shine on Harvest Moon', and 'Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider.' On the streets of Edinburgh there were horses and carriages, and horse-drawn buses. When out-of-doors, men wore flat caps, and gentlemen with top hats wore starched shirts with stiff collars and carried walking sticks. The ladies wore pavement-sweeping dresses with bustles, and magnificent fancy hats upon their heads.
In the Christmas of 1903, Cinderella was playing at the Theatre Royal at the east end of Princes Street, and Cook's Siberian Circus, 'The Greatest and Most Gigantic Show Ever Produced,' was pulling in the crowds at the Waverley Market.
Then on 21 December, an advertisement in The Scotsman newspaper announced that the Caledonian Railway Company's new hotel at Princes Street Station was 'NOW OPEN for the RECEPTION OF VISITORS.' Overnight, it was the talk of the town. The arrival of this palatial hotel, it announced, made its West End location 'the pivot point on which all Edinburgh turns.'
Pages
128
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
The Most Famous Hotels in the World
Release
April 28, 2003
ISBN
3902118105
ISBN 13
9783902118103

Caledonian Edinburgh : The Most Famous Hotels in the World

Roderick Martine
0/5 ( ratings)
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The opening of the Princes Street Station Hotel, re-christened the Caledonian Station Hotel, helped to consolidate Scotland's position on the United Kingdom stage, then on the international stage, by heralding a new era of luxury and travel in Scotland. King Edward VII was on the throne of Great Britain and presided over the British Empire, not least as Emperor of India. Across the Atlantic Ocean, Roosevelt had become the 26th President of the United States of America following the assassination of President McKinley.
Scottish-born steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie was in the process of endowing public libraries and universities across the USA and Britain to raise levels of education. Engineer Henry Ford was busy founding a small motor vehicle company that would grow into a multinational conglomerate, and the Wright Brothers had succeeded in keeping their latest invention in the air for a full minute before it touched the ground again.
The popular songs of the day were 'Sweet Adeline', 'Shine on Harvest Moon', and 'Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider.' On the streets of Edinburgh there were horses and carriages, and horse-drawn buses. When out-of-doors, men wore flat caps, and gentlemen with top hats wore starched shirts with stiff collars and carried walking sticks. The ladies wore pavement-sweeping dresses with bustles, and magnificent fancy hats upon their heads.
In the Christmas of 1903, Cinderella was playing at the Theatre Royal at the east end of Princes Street, and Cook's Siberian Circus, 'The Greatest and Most Gigantic Show Ever Produced,' was pulling in the crowds at the Waverley Market.
Then on 21 December, an advertisement in The Scotsman newspaper announced that the Caledonian Railway Company's new hotel at Princes Street Station was 'NOW OPEN for the RECEPTION OF VISITORS.' Overnight, it was the talk of the town. The arrival of this palatial hotel, it announced, made its West End location 'the pivot point on which all Edinburgh turns.'
Pages
128
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
The Most Famous Hotels in the World
Release
April 28, 2003
ISBN
3902118105
ISBN 13
9783902118103

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