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Union Canal looking east towards Hailesland Park Wester
MacLean, Kevin, 2009, Digital image
Union Canal looking east towards Hailesland Park Wester
Union Canal looking east towards Hailesland Park Wester
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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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Winter to Spring in Wester Hailes
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