View of Port Hopetoun, Union Canal

Category

Library Item

Item no

4956

Title

View of Port Hopetoun, Union Canal

Description

A cobbled courtyard at Port Hopetoun on the Union Canal, Edinburgh. Buildings of varying sizes line the side of the courtyard and in front is a roofed shelter. Tenement buildings can be seen on the other side of the canal and a tall electricity pylon stands in the courtyard.

Artist / maker

Chrystal, Francis M.

Date

1920

Size

11 x 14.6 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Full title reads 'View of Port Hopetoun, Union Canal, showing part of building from which passengers embarked on barges for Glasgow and loading cargo shed'

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 > Doors and doorways

Architecture > Architectural features > Windows

Communication > Post and telegraph > Utility poles

Places > Edinburgh areas > Fountainbridge

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Infrastructure > Canals

Transport > Infrastructure > Cobbled streets

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