Hopetoun House, Port Hopetoun

Category

Library Item

Item no

4954

Title

Hopetoun House, Port Hopetoun from high window in Castlebarns

Description

Hopetoun House in Edinburgh stands surrounded by a wall forming a yard within. The yard is full of wood and pallets. To the right runs a road where Alexander's Motor Works is being comstructed. A motor car is parked beside the construction work.

Artist / maker

Chrystal, Francis M.

Date

1920

Size

9.7 x 14.8 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The full title reads 'Hopetoun House, Port Hopetoun from high window in Castlebarns, Morrison Street. The Hopetoun House is now demolished.'

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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