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Dave Henniker Edinburgh West page 6
from the Scott Russell Aqueduct - Union Canal P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P7 P8 P9 or P10
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Not an especially good photograph - its presence here is to show the aqueduct where the following pictures were taken from. There are three bridges visible at left of centre. The nearest two are the Calder Junction; the one beyond carries the Union Canal over the road. | |
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Standing on the canal towpath and looking slightly north of north-west. | |
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Keep On Truckin' is an apt expression here, attributed to Robert Crumb. | |
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The geometry of motorway slip roads is a subject I previously photographed in the '70s. See M9 onto on West Lothian page 3. Part of Hermiston Gait Junction is pictured here. | |
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Another study of geometry and perspective. | |
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Looking south east towards Calder Road. | |
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A slightly different view showing, in the distance, behind the bus, part of the Bonaly and Howden Glen area of the Pentland Hills. | |
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A long canal boat cruises westwards through Hermiston towards Ratho. This is a pleasure cruise running parallel to the M8 motorway, but sufficiently distant from it so as not to be troubled by it. | |
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Polwarth
Canal Bridge 1152 x 864 237K |
Polwarth Crescent crosses the Union Canal and changes into Yeaman Place at this recently repainted bridge. |
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The same bridge as seen from the canal towpath. To get to the canalside from this bridge it's necessary to go Viewforth 360m to the east, or heading out of town, about double the distance to Harrison Road. | |
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A wider view of the same subject. | |
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Looking back towards Yeaman Place with the rear of Watson Crescent visible on the left bank. Temple Park Crescent is out of sight on the right (south) bank behind the tree. | |
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Facing the opposite direction (west) from the Yeaman Place / Polwarth Crescent bridge. The Union Canal is contiguous these days; consequently there's some traffic once again, specifically this colourful craft. |
Due to the elasticity of my boundaries here are more relevant pictures from Slateford and Union Canal part 1
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Another two views from the same bridge but in infrared. Watson Crescent is on the right. | |
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Camera panned left showing how the vegetation at the back of Temple Park Crescent seems white under infrared. Any foliage will reflect infrared light and an R72 filter exploits the effect. |
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The Golden Rule pub at the corner of Watson Crescent and Yeaman Place has this solitary tree outside - which probably hasn't been photographed in infrared before. Dundee Street is down the slope to the right. | |
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The Union Canal passes under the bridge just past the red shop front. Watson Crescent is on the right between the Golden Rule pub and Edinburgh Diving Centre. Yeaman Place changes its name to Polwarth Crescent once it crosses the canal bridge. | |
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Winter of 2009/2010 and there are youngsters walking on the frozen canal. Under the bridge at Yeaman Place there is still a tiny unfrozen patch with a few ducks. Ice is supposed to be 20cm thick to support people safely. | |
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The sun was setting as I walked home from the ice rink so I grabbed a couple of snaps with my compact camera. The ice and snow had disappeared for a day or two but there's new patches of ice forming now. | |
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Zoomed in on the footprints made by coots and moorhens walking on a coating of snow on the thin ice. | |
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At the other side of the bridge which connects Yeaman Place to Polwarth Crescent, facing east. More of the canal is frozen here and the footprints of birds are everywhere. The next bridge is at Viewforth and there's access to the canal towpath there, or at Harrison Road further south west. | |
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Long established beside the Union Canal is Dalton's scrapyard where I once sold some copper back in the '60s. Some wag has come specially prepared with blue paint to make his facetious alterations to the lettering. |
from the Scott Russell Aqueduct - Union Canal - Also other end at Polwarth
Edinburgh West P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 or P10