Edinburgh, Union Canal, Myreside Aqueduct
Aqueduct (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Edinburgh, Union Canal, Myreside Aqueduct
Classification Aqueduct (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Slateford; Union Canal
Canmore ID 52626
Site Number NT27SW 155
NGR NT 2328 7130
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/52626
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SW 155 2328 7130
[Built 1818-22, designer Hugh Baird - see LIN 18 general record for details of construction of canal.]
This aqueduct carries the canal over a railway line.
H Brown 1997.
The aqueduct is marked on the 1st Edition of the OS 6-inch map (Edinburghshire 1855, sheet 6), as well as on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1988) and the OS 1:10000 raster map (ND).
Information from RCAHMS (MD), 1 February 2001.
