Warehouse at Port Hopetoun Basin, Union Canal

Category

Library Item

Item no

18193

Title

Warehouse at Port Hopetoun Basin, Union Canal, Lothian Road. View taken from Semple Street.

Artist / maker

Smith, John

Date

1927

Size

21.7 x 16.2 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

This is a photograph from the book 'Origin, nomenclature and location of various houses and streets in Edinburgh'.

Port Hopetoun was the Edinburgh terminus of the Union Canal. It was closed, along with Port Hamilton in 1922 as canal trade declined. The site was later developed as Lothian House.

The Union Canal was opened in 1822. It ran from Tollcross in Edinburgh to meet the Forth and Clyde Canal at Falkirk, thus linking the capital to Glasgow. After extensive renovation in the 1990's the Canal is now a popular area for recreation, with non-commercial craft using the waterway and many cyclists, walkers and runners using the towpath.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Roofs

Architecture > Architectural features > Windows

Landscape > Water > Canals

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Places > Edinburgh areas > Fountainbridge

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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