Falkirk Steeple after damage from lightning

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Unknown
Production date
1927
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People looking at damage; Barr's cart covered in rubble beside Steeple
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Production date
1927
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Steeple/High St/Falkirk town centre/Falkirk area
High St/Falkirk town centre/Falkirk area
Tolbooth St/Falkirk town centre/Falkirk area
Subject notes
Lightning struck the Steeple in June 1927, badly damaging it. Casualties were Barr's delivery horse which was struck by falling masonry and Isabella Barr who lived beside the Steeple and whose leg was broken. The Steeple was built of stone from Brightons Quarry and was completed in June 1814.
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P15105

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