Union Canal

The Union Canal was opened in 1822.  Its length was 31.5 miles.  With the help of some embankments, cuttings and a large aqueduct, the canal following a contour line throughout its length, with no locks. It now links with the Forth & Clyde Canal at the Falkirk Wheel.

 

Union Canal
Approx
distance EAST of Edinburgh Quay

Place

Year

1/4 mile

.  The canal no longer extends so far to the east

Port Hopetoun

1825

Engraving in 'Old & New Edinburgh' - Edinburgh Castle from Port Hopetoun - 1825 ©

 

 

Union Canal
Approx
distance WEST of Edinburgh Quay

Place

Year

0 miles

Edinburgh Quay

Recent Photos

including 'Raft Races'

 Raft Race on the Union Canal - June 27, 2009 ©

1/4 mile

Lower Gilmore Place

late-1970s

Union Canal, Fountainbridge - mid-1970s ©

Lower Gilmore Place

2004

Fountainbridge - Union Canal - The site of old garages on the south bank ©

1/2 mile

Yeaman Place

1959

©

Yeaman Place

2006

Anderson Place, North Leith - 2006 ©

1 mile

Gray's Loan /
 Ashley Terrace

2006-07

Looking SW towards the boathouse on the Union Canal and Ashley Terrace Bridge ©

Looking to the NE towards Edinburgh along the Union Canal from Ashley Terrace Bridge ©

Union Canal - Edinburgh Canal Society Boat House at Ashley Terrace ©

Union Canal - Edinburgh Canal Society Boat House at Ashley Terrace ©

c.1 mile

Around Merchiston

Early 1900s

A ladies' crew, probably on the Union Canal at or near Merchiston ©

1 1/4 miles

Meggetland

Early 1900s

and

2009

Rowing on the Union Canal beside the Edinburgh University Boat Club boathouse at Meggetland, Edinburgh ©

Watson's and Heriot's boat houses on the Union Canal ©

Postcard by Percey Stubbs - Union Canal, Comiston Road ©

2 miles

Craiglockhart

1990s

Barge on the Union Canal at Craiglockhart - Photographed during an Edinburgh Photographic Society Outing in the 1990s ©

4 miles

Wester Hailes

2004

"Standard Life Strollers" walk along the Union Canal through Wester Hailes - 25 March 2004 ©

10 miles

Lin's Mill

1825

A Kite Aerial Photograph by James Gentles of a narrowboat approaching Lin's Mill Aquaduct on the Union Canal, near Edinburgh ©

 

 

 
 

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