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Gateway of slaughterhouse, Fountainbridge

Item Record

Category	Library Item
Item No	4945
Title	View of the gateway of the old slaughterhouse, Fountainbridge, from within
Description	A man in an apron and a boy playing with a stick are outside of the gateway to the slaughterhouse at Fountainbridge, Edinburgh. The stone gateway has an arched opening with a clock mounted on it. Smoke is pouring from a tall chimney in the background and a laden cart can be seen on the road outside.
Artist / Maker	Henderson, James
Date	1910
Size	11.5 x 16.3 cm
Type	"Photograph"
Location	Edinburgh Room

More Information

Fountainbridge is an area in the south-west of central Edinburgh, to the west of Tollcross. The area is centred around the western section of a road also called Fountainbridge. The Union Canal now begins in this area having originally extended a little further east.

Subjects

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Places > Edinburgh areas > Fountainbridge

Architecture > Architectural features > Gates

Architecture > Architectural features > Clocks and clock towers

Manufacturing Industry > Manufacturing facilities > Slaughterhouses