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Gateway of slaughterhouse, Fountainbridge
Henderson, James, 1910, Photograph
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Gateway of slaughterhouse, Fountainbridge
Gateway of slaughterhouse, Fountainbridge
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4945
Title
View of the gateway of the old slaughterhouse, Fountainbridge, from within
Description
A man in an apron and a boy playing with a stick are outside of the gateway to the slaughterhouse at Fountainbridge, Edinburgh. The stone gateway has an arched opening with a clock mounted on it. Smoke is pouring from a tall chimney in the background and a laden cart can be seen on the road outside.
Artist / maker
Henderson, James
Date
1910
Size
11.5 x 16.3 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
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
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