2005

NT0872 : Unlaunching the launch

taken 18 years ago, near to Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland

Unlaunching the launch
Unlaunching the launch
When the Union Canal between Edinburgh and Falkirk was re-opened in 2001-2 as part of the Millennium Link canal route across Scotland, West Lothian Council arranged for the building of one of the very few slipways on it at which boats can be launched. This is at Stewartfield, north of Broxburn and opposite a moonscape of waste from former shale mining and oil extraction operations. Here a small canal trip boat is about to be removed from the canal for its winter maintenance. In the far background is Greendykes Road bridge, built as part of the canal's rejuvenation.

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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Union Canal at Broxburn [21] · Greendykes Road [13] · North [7] · Waste [5] · Stewartfield Oil Shale [4] · Boat [3] ·
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Photographer
A-M-Jervis   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 2 December, 2005   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 21 January, 2013
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NT 0845 7279 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:56.3646N 3:28.0323W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NT 0847 7281
View Direction
West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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