Laughing & Greeting Bridge, Union Canal, Glen

Maker
J Howdle
Production date
Circa 1960
 Description
View of the west side of the Glen Bridge, with the greeting face.

This photo is not available as a scanned image. You can see the original in the Archives in Callendar House.

Object detail

Department
Photo
Maker
Production date
Circa 1960
Subject place
Glen Bridge/Union Canal/Glen/Falkirk area
Laughin and Greetin Bridge/Union Canal/Glen/Falkirk area
Subject notes
Greeting is a Scots word for crying. The two faces of this bridge look in opposite directions: the Laughing face towards the simpler construction work east and the Greeting face towards the more difficult construction work of flights of locks to the west.
Accession number
P01037

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