Union Canal at Leamington Road

Category

Library Item

Item no

4994

Title

Old wooden bridge and bridge keepers house over Union Canal at Leamington Road

Artist / maker

Chrystal, Francis M.

Date

1922

Size

8.7 x 13.7 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

This title is taken from a contact print index of the volume. No title is given in the volume.

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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