Union Canal Looking East Towards Hailesland Park Wester

Category

Library Item

Item no

21328

Title

Union Canal looking east towards Hailesland Park Wester Hailes

Description

The road and towpath mirror each other as they skirt the Union Canal at this section . The water in the canal is running high. The large brown and white building in the centre of the picture is the Dove Community Centre.On the horizon are the Hailesland Park high flats and other low rise dwellings.

Artist / maker

MacLean, Kevin

Date

2009

Type

Digital image

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The Union Canal at Wester Hailes reopened on Saturday 25 August 2001, allowing water passage to central Edinburgh. The original canal was closed over in the late 1960s as new housing was developed in the area. Millennium funding allowed a new canal to be dug out. New bridges and walk ways were built and sculptures commissioned. The canal is now enjoyed by rowers and passengers of barges while the path is a peaceful walk or cycle to and from Wester Hailes into Edinburgh.
The original canal was opened in 1822. It was 31.5 miles long and connected Glasgow to Edinburgh. It was described as Scotland's only contour canal because there were no locks along its entire length.

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