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Cattle arriving at the old slaughterhouse
Henderson, James, 1910, Photograph
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Cattle arriving at the old slaughterhouse
Cattle arriving at the old slaughterhouse
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Title
Cattle arriving at the old slaughterhouse, Fountainbridge
Description
Men herd cattle through the entranceway to the slaughterhouse at Fountainbridge, Edinburgh. The bulls walk on a cobblestone path which is also being used by a man with a barrow.
Artist / maker
Henderson, James
Date
1910
Size
11.9 x 16 cm
Type
Photograph
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
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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The Union Canal and Fountainbridge
Canaliversary: 2001 - 2011
F. M. Chrystal's Union Canal
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