Fort Augustus Locks, Caledonian Canal View from NE showing part of ENE front of first lock gate from E with second lock gate from E in background

Description Fort Augustus Locks, Caledonian Canal View from NE showing part of ENE front of first lock gate from E with second lock gate from E in background

Date 22/6/1978

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 549305

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Fort Augustus Locks, Caledonian Canal, Inverness-shire This is a staircase flight of five locks, taking the Caledonian Canal from the south west end of Loch Ness to a pound running to Kytra, a single lock. It proved exceptionally difficult to keep the excavation for the bottom lock dry enough to complete it. This view shows the middle part of the lock flight. In the foreground is the head of one of the capstans originally used to open and close the lock gates, with the control console for the replacement hydraulic mechanism behind it. The Caledonian Canal was built from 1803 with Government funding partly to provide employment in the Highlands, and partly to allow small warships to avoid the hazardous voyage round the north of Scotland, through the Pentland Firth. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H78/172/11

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/549305

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