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General view showing barrier near Lahallan during SSIA Union Canal Walk
SC 718172
Description General view showing barrier near Lahallan during SSIA Union Canal Walk
Date 25/4/1970
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 718172
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Union Canal (Canal Pound), Linlithgow, West Lothian The Edinburgh & Glasgow Union Canal was built between 1818 and 1822 as a barge canal. Its engineer, Hugh Baird, was the engineer of the Forth & Clyde Canal. It was designed for high-speed passenger transport, and is on the same level from Falkirk to Edinburgh. This shows a typical stretch of the canal at Lathallan, between Polmont and Linlithgow. The 'bund' of spent shale had been placed to allow the canal to be culverted for a new road crossing, and the pipes for the culvert can be seen on the right. This photograph was taken on the occasion of a rally organised by the Scottish Industrial Archaeology Society to encourage interest in the preservation of the Union Canal, which had officially closed in 1965. The canal was eventually reopened throughout as part of the Millennium Link in 2002. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H35/70/13a/24
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