General view from SE.
ST 1026
Description General view from SE.
Date 1960
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number ST 1026
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 361783
Scope and Content View from south-east showing Avon Aqueduct, Union Canal, West Lothian The Union Canal was planned and built 1818-22. It ran from Port Hopetoun in Edinburgh to Camelon near Falkirk in Stirlingshire where a ladder of locks connected it with the Forth and Clyde Canal. Sections of it are still being maintained for leisure use. This is a view of the Avon Aqueduct, one of three major aqueducts on the canal. It was built to designs by Hugh Baird in 1822, and carries the Union Canal over the River Avon. It has 12 round arches, each c.15m wide and standing c.26m above the river. The sandstone piers supporting the iron trough which carries the canal are splayed at the base, with slightly projecting buttresses rising above the wall-head. The cast-iron railings between the buttresses replace original wrought-iron railings. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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