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Outlook Tower and Camera Obscura

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Type: Exhibition or Centre
Opened: 1853
Type: Historic Building
Built: 17th C.
Tourist Rating: Two Stars
Text of Entry Updated: 08-SEP-2002
Location

Latitude: 55.9489°N Longitude: 3.1956°W
National Grid Reference: NT 254 735
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References and Further Reading
Hamilton, Alan (1978) Essential Edinburgh. Andre Deutsch, London
Keay, John and Julia Keay (eds.) (1994) Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland. Harper Collins Publishers, London
Rule, Graham (ed.) (1995) The City Observatory Edinburgh: A Guide to Edinburgh's Popular Observatory. The Astronomical Society of Edinburgh, http://www.roe.ac.uk/asewww/publications/booklet/

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