Barge leaving Almond Aqueduct

Maker
Unknown
Production date
Circa 1900
 Description
View of horse drawn barge heading east from the Almond aqueduct on the Union Canal. The tow horse is probably out of the picture to the right. The canal feeder enters from the left. In the foreground, a female agricultural worker holds the reins of a pair of draught horses, probably Clydesdales, hitched to a plough. On the bank is a canal worker's cottage.
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Department
Photo
Maker
Production date
Circa 1900
Subject place
Almond Aqueduct/Union Canal/Broxburn/West Lothian
Union Canal/Broxburn/West Lothian
Subject notes
To maintain the canal level in times of drought, Cobbinshaw reservoir was constructed 15 kilometres to the south. The water was fed by a burn into the Almond and then by a weir and iron aqueduct to the canal.
Accession number
P18904

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