Laughing & Greeting Bridge, Union Canal

Maker
Tom Astbury
Production date
03 Mar 1980
 Description
View from the east of the stone arch bridge with a smiling face on the keystone and '61 1821' carved in a plaque above it. The bridge is number 61 counting out from Edinburgh and it was built in 1821.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 person
Subject place
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 a tunnel and flights of locks to the west.
Accession number
P09631

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