500 feet....cast iron.....solid & impressive....completed in 1822.
Designed by none other than ...HUGH BAIRD....(!!)
Take a bow Hugh.....(Just hope it's the same guy !!??)
Cheers
P
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Paul McCabe
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Had the pleasure of cycling over the SLATEFORD AQUADUCT this week which carries the UNION CANAL over the Waters of Leith into EDINBURGH.
500 feet....cast iron.....solid & impressive....completed in 1822.
Designed by none other than ...HUGH BAIRD....(!!)
Take a bow Hugh.....(Just hope it's the same guy !!??)
Cheers
P
500 feet....cast iron.....solid & impressive....completed in 1822.
Designed by none other than ...HUGH BAIRD....(!!)
Take a bow Hugh.....(Just hope it's the same guy !!??)
Cheers
P
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Jan
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some photo's of Connolly House on this thread https://www.bootlehistory.co.uk/forum/s ... mit=Search
I also took photo's of it hen it was being demolished, they are on the site somewhere!
Jan
I also took photo's of it hen it was being demolished, they are on the site somewhere!
Jan
Old genealogists never die......they just lose their census.