It dominated the capital skyline for more than 50 years, but very little now remains of Portobello Power Station.
With a smoke-billowing chimney that soared 365ft up into the air, the giant structure at the top of King's Road acted as a beacon for generations of holidaymakers on the road to Edinburgh's famous seaside.
Built in the 1920s to meet the region's increasing demand for electricity, the power station powered everything from the appliances in people's homes to the electric tramcars that once ruled city streets.
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It was said its waste water was even used to heat the nearby Portobello outdoor bathing pool.
But, being located a stone's throw from one of Scotland's most popular beach resorts, the red brick giant wasn't exactly ideally positioned. In the 1970s, it was decommissioned and promptly demolished.
Now, more than four decades after it vanished, memories of Portobello Power Station have been rekindled thanks to a social media post by the Living Memory Association.
The capital-based charity and reminiscence group shared an image of the power station being demolished around 1980 and asked if any of their followers knew someone who worked there.
The post has attracted responses from those who worked there or simply recalled passing by the building, which was regarded as a major local landmark.
Former power station employee George Neilson said: "[It was] part of my apprenticeship in 1968 with my old electricity company SSEB."
Tom Milne wrote: "My dad painted the chimney camouflage during the war."
Jennifer Brash recalled: "My dad, Joe Quinlan, worked there in the 60s, and even took me and my wee brother up to the chimney stack - no healthy and safety back then."
Dale Messer said: "Oh the memories. I've not seen this for years. [It was] next to the open-air swimming pool."
Measuring 365 feet tall, the iconic chimney could be seen belching out fumes for miles around.
Between 1952 and 1955, Portobello Power Station was hailed as the most efficient in the UK and capable of producing enough energy to illuminate the streets, as well as powering the tramways and tens of thousands of homes and businesses.
After half a century of operation, the power station was decommissioned in 1977 following the construction of two new coal-fired facilities - Cockenzie and Longannet in Fife.
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The 700,000 bricks that made up the power station were demolished in stages over the next couple of years. During the detonation of its colossal chimney, it was reported that a number of windows on King's Road were shattered due to the impact of the blast.
Nothing remains of the power station except for a section of the gates and perimeter wall that encloses the modern housing estate on the site.
In 2016, it emerged that the Portobello coat of arms, which once adorned the side of the building, had been salvaged and was being stored in a council yard in the west of the city.
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