Torcastle Aquaduct General View
SC 495469
Description Torcastle Aquaduct General View
Date 23/5/1976
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 495469
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Shangan Burn Aqueduct, Torcastle, Caledonian Canal This is the second largest of six aqueducts on the section of the canal between Loch Lochy and the sea. It has three arched spans, the two western ones for the Shangan Burn, and the third for a farm access road, but also available for flood relief. This view shows the south face of the aqueduct, which is curved in plan and battered to resist the weight of the canal bed and the water in it. The piers have small cutwaters to protect them from the scouring action of the river. 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 H76/124/4
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