Union Canal - Bridge at Fountainbridge

Category

Library Item

Item no

5714

Title

Union Canal - bridge at Fountainbridge

Description

This is a photograph by a member of the Edinburgh Photographic Society.

Artist / maker

Hamilton, J. R.

Date

1914

Size

9.3 x 11.6 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

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.

Fountainbridge is an area in the south-west of central Edinburgh, to the west of Tollcross. The area is centred around the western section of a road also called Fountainbridge. The Union Canal now begins in this area having originally extended a little further east.

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Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

Landscape > Water > Canals

Places > Edinburgh areas > Fountainbridge

Places > Edinburgh Landmarks > Union Canal

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Infrastructure > Lift bridges

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