{"id":44297,"date":"2025-10-07T16:07:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T15:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=44297"},"modified":"2025-10-06T18:50:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T17:50:34","slug":"ihbcs-heritage-from-the-doorstep-victorian-engine-found-in-attic-of-former-scots-jail-one-of-three-in-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=44297","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Victorian engine found in attic of former Scots jail &#8216;one of three in world&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/512px-St._Giles_Royal_Mile_Edingburgh-Andraszy-commons-wiki-cropped.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"416\" height=\"261\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/512px-St._Giles_Royal_Mile_Edingburgh-Andraszy-commons-wiki-cropped.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44298\" style=\"width:537px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/512px-St._Giles_Royal_Mile_Edingburgh-Andraszy-commons-wiki-cropped.png 416w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/512px-St._Giles_Royal_Mile_Edingburgh-Andraszy-commons-wiki-cropped-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><sub>image for illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:St._Giles,_Royal_Mile,_Edingburgh.jpg\">St Giles Royal Mile Edinburgh<\/a> by Andraszy,<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\"> CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Victorian engine discovered in attic of former Scots jail is &#8216;one of three in world&#8217;<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>STV News writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An \u2018exceptionally rare\u2019 Victorian Crossley engine is set to go on display after being discovered in the attic of a former courthouse and jail in Edinburgh\u2026 discovered\u2026 during renovation work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Built in 1878\u2026 [it] was used to regulate the temperature of the Edinburgh Police Chambers\u2026 the second-oldest surviving Crossley four-stroke engine in the world and the oldest in Europe\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.stv.tv\/east-central\/victorian-engine-discovered-in-attic-of-former-edinburgh-jail-one-of-three-in-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: St Giles Royal Mile Edinburgh by Andraszy, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons A Victorian engine discovered in attic of former Scots jail is &#8216;one of three in world&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[24,23,29,410],"class_list":["post-44297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-engineering","tag-expertise","tag-heritage","tag-victorian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44297"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44299,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44297\/revisions\/44299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}