Union Canal, Drumshoreland, Depot And Bridge No. 23
Depot (Modern), Road Bridge (19th Century)
Site Name Union Canal, Drumshoreland, Depot And Bridge No. 23
Classification Depot (Modern), Road Bridge (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Drumshoreland Station Road Depot, Broxburn
Canmore ID 49288
Site Number NT07SE 32
NGR NT 08369 71250
NGR Description Centred NT 08369 71250
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/49288
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Uphall
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
NT07SE 32 centred 08369 71250
[This bridge, at NT 0837 7125, carries the unclassified road to the former Drumshoreland Station, over the Union Canal (built 1818-22, designer Hugh Baird).
A typical bridge is described on NS97NW 61.02, q.v. The canal basin (NT07SE 69) lies immediately E of the bridge.]
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Just to the E of this bridge are the Union Canal offices of British Waterways and the canal ranger (NT07SE 70).
H Brown 1997.
This bridge is clearly visible on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Linlithgowshire 1856, sheet 6), on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1983) and on the OS Basic Scale digital map (2000).
Just to the E of this bridge the canal basin (NT07SE 69) is visible on all three maps and the offices recorded by Hamish Brown (NT07SE 70) are clearly shown on the two latter maps, one office marked as canal cottage on both maps and the other, by the side of the canal, marked as Depot on the OS 1:10000 raster map (ND).
Information from RCAHMS (MD), 1 March 2001.
2001 photographic survey material is stored under 'Union Canal' in the NMRS.
