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This hotel was built by Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott (the Duke of Buccleuch) on the east side of Granton Square as part of his development of Granton Harbour. Granton Pier (1838) was just to the north. The pier was fully opened in 1844 by which time it was 1700 ft long with berths for 10 steamers.

In 1846 the hotel also became associated with the railway with the opening of Granton station on the pier. In 1847 the Edinburgh and Northern Railway, having taken over the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway and Granton Harbour Company which operated the ferry service to Burntisland, began its ferry service from Granton to Burntisland Albert Pier. Train ferries, the first in the World to the design of Thomas Bouch, were introduced in 1849. The train ferry was withdrawn with the opening of the Forth Bridge in 1890, although ferries continued.

From 1909 electric trams of Leith Corporation reached Granton Square.

Granton station closed to local traffic in 1925.

The hotel was taken over by the Royal Navy for the Second World War becoming HMS Claverhouse. Ferries were suspended in 1940. The building has remained associated with the navy ever since.

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The building has a National Transport Trust - Red Wheel .

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