- 000 LUCS AV001 Aerial view Edinburgh basins c1920
Aerial view Edinburgh basins c1920 which shows the basins of Port Hamilton (mid-to lower left) and Port Hamilton (centre). The Leamington lifting bridge can be seen in its original position on Fountainbridge (bottom cenre right) - 000 LUCS AV002 Aerial view Fountainbridge c1920
Aerial view Fountainbridge circa 1920 before Edinburgh Basins were drained. Port Hamilton can be seen at thetop of the photograph. The simple lifting bridge in the mid right of the photograph has yet to be replaced by the Leamington lidting bridge iwhich is still at its original site in Fountainbridge at the time of this photograph. The curved section of the canal at the top tight is Lochrin basin where the canal now terminates. - 000 LUCS AV003 Aerial view Fountainbridge 1930
Aerial view Fountainbridge in the 1930 after Edinburgh Basins were closed and the canal terminated at Lochrin basin (top right). The Leamington lifting bridge was moved moved Fountainbridge when the Edinburgh basins closed and is now in its current position (mid right). The North British Rubber Company at Fountainbridge employed 8000 workers and was the birth place of the wellie boot. - 000 LUCS D0101 Contour canal proposals
Diagram in Robert Stevenson's 1817 "Report relative to a line of canal upon one level between the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow to form a junction with the Forth and Clyde Canal at lock No 20." This shows his proposals for a contour canal between Edinburgh and Glasgow together with other such proposals by Hugh Baird and John Rennie. The Union Canal is Hugh Baird's proposal. - 000 LUCS D0102 Contour canal proposals Edinburgh to Linlithgow
Edinburgh to Linlithgow extract from diagram in Robert Stevenson's 1817 "Report relative to a line of canal upon one level between the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow to form a junction with the Forth and Clyde Canal at lock No 20." This shows his proposals for a contour canal between Edinburgh and Glasgow together with other such proposals by Hugh Baird and John Rennie. The Union Canal is Hugh Baird's proposal. - 000 LUCS D0103 Contour canal proposals
Proposals for contour canals between Edinburgh and Glasgow by Robert Stevenson, Hugh Baird and John Rennie. Produced from diagram in Robert Stevenson's 1817 "Report relative to a line of canal upon one level between the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow to form a junction with the Forth and Clyde Canal at lock No 20" - 000 LUCS D0104 Union Canal
Plan showing Union Canal, rivers and significant features - 000 LUCS H0005 Port Hopetoun Painting
Port Hopetoun painting by James Kinnear (1846 - 1917) - 000 LUCS H0142 Port Hopetoun drained
Port Hoprtoun drained from junction of Fountainbridge and Lothian Road taken after 1922 when basin was closed - 000 LUCS H0145 Entrance to Port Hopetoun on Lothian Road
Entrance to Port Hopetoun at Lothian Road and Morrison Street before closure in 1922 - 000 LUCS H0146 Entrance to Waldie's Coal Yard and Port Hopetoun
Entrance to Waldie's Coal Yard and Port Hopetoun on Lothian Road at junction with Morrison Street. Photo taken prior to its closure in 1922 - 000 LUCS H0148 Port Hopetoun drained
Port Hopetoun drained looking across to Semple Street after it was closed in 1922 - 000 LUCS H0150 Port Hopetoun drained
Port Hopetoun drained. Photo taken from near Warehouse looking across toward entrance to basin and Semple Street after its closure in 1922 - 000 LUCS H0151 Port Hopetoun drained and Semple St bridge
Port Hopetoun drained showing Semple St Bridge. Basin was closed in 1922 - 000 LUCS H0154 Fountainbridge lifting bridge
Lifting bridge at Fountainbridge was erected in 1906 and removed in Novermber 1922 after closure of Port Hopetoun. Bridge was then moved to become the Leamington Road Bridge - 000 LUCS H0159 Port Hamilton entrance
Entrance to Port Hamilton between Fountainbridge and Port Hopetoun and closed in 1922 - 000 LUCS H0161 Canal terminus at Fountainbridge
New canal terminus at under construction showing Fountainbridge lifting brige still at original location - 000 LUCS H0172 Port Hopetoun Warehouse
Port Hopetoun Warehousepre 1922 - 000 LUCS H0174 Fountainbridge lifting bridge from Lochrin basin
Lifting bridge at Fountainbridge was erected in 1906 and removed in Novermber 1922 after closure of Port Hopetoun and termination of canal at Lochrin Basin. Bridge was then moved to become the Leamington Road Bridge - 000 LUCS H0205 Drawing Edinburgh castle and canal
Drawing of Edinburgh castle above Port Hopetoun terminus in 1825 - 000 LUCS H0248 Edinburgh castle and Port Hopetoun painting
1862 painting by Samuel Bough (1822-1878) probably view across from Port Hamilton entrance - 000 LUCS H5001 Sketch of Edinburgh castle above end of Union Canal
Sketch by unknown author of canal before entrance to Port Hamilton below Edinburgh Castle - 000 LUCS V0002 Plaque on Lothian House
Plaque on Lothian House denoting it to be the site of Port Hopetoun - 000 LUCS V0006 End of Union Canal c1980
End of Union Canal at Lochrin basin c1980 - 000 LUCS V1012 Original site of lifting bridge c1980
Original site of lifting bridge at Fountainbridge c1980 - 001 LUCS A0277 Drambuie Marathon Finish 13/9/81
Finish of Drambuie Marathon at Leamington Bridge, boats 30 and 37 on 13/9/81 - 001 LUCS D0001 Edinburgh Canal basins
Location of the Port Hopetoun and Port Hamilton basins which, until 1922, formed the original Edinburgh terminus of the canal - 001 LUCS H0007 Old Leamington Rd wooden lifting bridge
The old wooden bridge was demolished and replaced by the litfing bridge at Fountainbridge which was no longer required after Port Hopetoun was closed in 1922 and the canal terminated at Lochrin basin - 001 LUCS H0009 Lifting bridge at Leamington road
Lifting bridge at Leamington road was at Fountainbridge until the 1922 closures of the city canal basins - 001 LUCS H0011 Lochrin Basin rowing boats
Pleasure boating in Lochrin basin in the 1930s