Edinburgh, Union Canal, Lanark Road, Viaduct View of W face from Lanark Road, from SW
SC 451649
Description Edinburgh, Union Canal, Lanark Road, Viaduct View of W face from Lanark Road, from SW
Date 4/10/1974
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 451649
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Viaduct over Slateford Road, Union Canal, Midlothian This canal was designed by Hugh Baird to link Edinburgh to the Forth & Clyde Canal at Camelon. The Slateford Road aqueduct was the first major new work on the line of the canal since its opening. This view shows the reinforced-concrete construction of the aqueduct, with an open-spandrel arch supporting the concrete box carrying the canal channel. The canal had a short life as an important means of transport, as it was to a large extent superseded by the Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway, opened in 1842. The railway company bought the canal in 1847. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H74/242/5
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