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Strathpeffer, Highland, Scotland

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The Pump Room, Strathpeffer, 1853-1908

 Item — Box Box 5 of 9: Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/C/2/1/5
Scope and Contents

Photographic print showing the Pump Room at Strathpeffer. Strathpeffer is a Victorian spa village. Dr Thomas Morrison claimed in 1819 that the water was the most 'efficacious in Britain'. The first pump room was opened in 1820 and brought many health seekers which prompted the construction of a number of hotels.

Dates: 1853-1908
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / Scenes of Scotland / Scenes of Scotland: photographic prints / The North: Shetland, Orkney, Caithness, Ross-shire and Inverness-shire