Laggan Locks, Caledonian Canal
SC 493285
Description Laggan Locks, Caledonian Canal
Date 18/5/1976
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 493285
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Laggan Locks, Caledonian Canal, Inverness-shire Laggan Locks are situated where the canal joins Loch Lochy from the east. There are two locks, built in a loose gravel that has caused problems with the lock walls from time to time. This view shows the upper lock at Laggan, with the lock-keeper's bothy on the right, in front of it is one of the capstans which operated the lock gates. Poles were fitted into the slots in the head, which turned a drum with a chain to pull the gate. The canal was designed by Thomas Telford, and built with Government funding to provide a safe route, avoiding the dangerous Pentland Firth, for small warships and the generality of trading vessels of the period. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H76/104/16
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