Edinburgh, South Bridge Vaults - Did you know

The Edinburgh Vaults or South Bridge Vaults are a series of chambers formed in the nineteen arches of the South Bridge in Edinburgh, Scotland, which was completed in 1788. For around 30 years, the vaults were used to house taverns, workshops for cobblers and other tradesmen, as well as storage space for said merchants. In later years, the vaults were a hotspot for the homeless and for criminal activity such as illegal gambling taverns, illegal whisky distilleries and, according to rumour, body snatchers stored corpses there overnight. Said to be ‘The Lost City’ where over1 million people lived in squalor.