Fountainbridge Brewery, Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

10836

Title

Fountainbridge Brewery, Edinburgh

Description

A close up image of the Fountainbridge Brewery in Edinburgh. The brewery sits beside the edge of the Union Canal. The building has the McEwan's logo on it. A teenage boy walks along the path in front of the brewery.

Artist / maker

Ansell, Andrew J L

Date

2007

Size

19 x 25.4 cm

Type

Digital image

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

William McEwan established a brewery in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh in the 1850's. His company, following a couple of mergers in the 20th century, developed into Scottish and Newcastle Breweries Ltd. Scottish and Newcastle closed the Fountain Brewery in 2004, and both parts of the site, to the north and south of Fountainbridge, are to be redeveloped.

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.

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Manufacturing Industry > Manufacturing facilities > Breweries

People > Children > Boys

Places > Edinburgh areas > Fountainbridge

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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