Site of former lock on Union Canal, Greenbank

Maker
Tom Astbury
Production date
03 Mar 1980
 Description
View of blocked-off exit from the canal.This photo is not scanned. You can see the original in the Archives in Callendar House

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Maker
Production date
03 Mar 1980
Subject place
Junction Canal (site of)/Union Canal/Greenbank/Falkirk area
Subject notes
The Union Canal opened in 1822 to allow coal to be shipped cheaply into Edinburgh. As a barge canal its bridges did not need to open. The only locks were where it descended to join the Forth and Clyde Canal at Falkirk. They were closed in the 1930s and are now replaced by the Falkirk Wheel.
Accession number
P09614

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