River in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, flows into the Firth of Forth

On the contamination of the Water of Leith by the sewage of Edinburgh and Leith / by Stevenson Macadam.

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Leith, Water of (Scotland)

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On the contamination of the Water of Leith by the sewage of Edinburgh and Leith / by Stevenson Macadam.