Port Hopetoun and the Start of the Union Canal

Category

Library Item

Item no

4961

Title

Port Hopetoun and the start of the Union Canal

Description

A row of ramshackle buildings line the edge of the Union Canal at Port Hopetoun, Edinburgh. They are constructed out of brick and stone and have either slate or pantile roofs. A small wooden bridge crosses over a narrow section of the canal. Two men are standing on the edge of the canal.

Artist / maker

Chrystal, Francis M.

Date

1920

Size

10.8 x 15.4 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Original title: Another view of the same subject [Port Hopetoun].

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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Homes > Residential buildings > Houses

Places > Edinburgh areas > Fountainbridge

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Infrastructure > Canals

Transport > Infrastructure > Piers and wharves

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