View of Port Hamilton, Union Canal, showing back of Gardner's Crescent.

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Description: An image of the Union Canal at Port Hamilton, Edinburgh. Mostly derelict buildings line the far shore whilst a cobbled walkway runs along the right-hand side. A wooden cart can be seen on the walkway and two barges are moored in the canal.

Artist     Chrystal, Francis M.
Date      1920
Size       10.8 x 15.2 cm
Type     "Photograph"
Location Edinburgh Room

More Information: Port Hamilton was built as an additional basin at the Edinburgh end of the Union Canal. It was closed, along with Port Hopetoun, in 1922 as canal trade declined.

The Union Canal was opened in 1822. It ran from Tollcross in Edinburgh to meet the Forth and Clyde Canal at Falkirk, thus linking the capital to Glasgow. After extensive renovation in the 1990's the Canal is now a popular area for recreation, with non-commercial craft using the waterway and many cyclists, walkers and runners using the towpath.