Granton, seaport with ry. sta., Cramond and St Cuthberts pars., Edinburghshire, on Firth of Forth, 2¾ miles NW. of Edinburgh, 2 miles W. of Leith, and 5 miles S. of Burntisland (to which there is a steamboat ferry), pop. (including part of Wardie) 927; P.O., T.O., called Granton Harbour, 1 Bank. Granton Harbour affords refuge to large vessels in easterly gales. The harbour works were commenced in 1835 by the Duke of Buccleuch, the superior of the place. They comprise 2 breakwaters, E. and W. (3170 and 3100 ft. long), and a pier (1700 ft. long), slips, jetties, and a patent slip for vessels of 1400 tons. Granton was made a head port in 1860. It is the ferry station of the North British Ry.; it is also the headquarters of several lines of steamers (trading to Aberdeen, London, Norway, Sweden, &c.) and of the fishery protection and preventive vessels of the district. (For shipping statistics, see Appendix.) The harbour has 3 fixed lights seen 8,7, and 6 miles. There is a very fine tobacco bonding warehouse at Granton. In the vicinity, at Caroline Park, is Granton Marine Station. Granton House, seat, is 1 mile W. of Granton; Granton Road, ry. sta., is ¾ mile SE. of Granton sta.

(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))