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001 LUCS H0007 Old Leamington Rd wooden lifting bridge

001_LUCS_H0007_Lifting_Bridge.jpg 000 LUCS H5001 Sketch of Edinburgh castle above end of Union CanalThumbnails001 LUCS H0009 Lifting bridge at Leamington road000 LUCS H5001 Sketch of Edinburgh castle above end of Union CanalThumbnails001 LUCS H0009 Lifting bridge at Leamington road000 LUCS H5001 Sketch of Edinburgh castle above end of Union CanalThumbnails001 LUCS H0009 Lifting bridge at Leamington road

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

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