Port Downie canal basin

Maker
Reliable Series
Production date
Circa 1900
 Description
Port Downie canal basin at junction of the Forth and Clyde and Union Canals, with Forth and Clyde Canal on the right, and the Union Inn centre back.
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Object detail

Department
Photo
Collection
Smith, Michael, Photographic Collection/Family & Personal Papers Group
Maker
Production date
Circa 1900
Subject person
Subject place
Port Downie/Union Canal/Tamfourhill/Falkirk area
Union Inn/Portdownie/Tamfourhill/Falkirk area
Forth and Clyde Canal/Camelon/Falkirk area
Subject notes
Port Downie was where the Union and Forth & Clyde Canals joined. Before the railways, passenger boats operated between Glasgow and Edinburgh. The Union Inn was built to provide for passengers. The chimneys behind the Inn belong to iron and chemical works.
Accession number
P01482

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