Forth and Clyde Canal, Bowling Basin, Canal House Basin View from WSW showing Canal House Basin with chimney, swing bridge and Customs House in background
SC 588833
Description Forth and Clyde Canal, Bowling Basin, Canal House Basin View from WSW showing Canal House Basin with chimney, swing bridge and Customs House in background
Date 11/6/1966
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 588833
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Lower basin, Forth and Clyde Canal, Bowling, Dunbartonshire (West Dunbartonshire council area) This section of the Forth and Clyde Canal was the last to be completed, and was designed by Robert Whitworth and opened in 1790. This is the entrance basin, linked to the river Clyde and to Bowling Harbour by a pair of tidal locks. This view shows the basin from the south west, with the Custom House and Canal and Harbour Office in the centre. The hydraulically operated swing railway bridge behind was opened in 1896 by the Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway. This basin continued in use after the closure of the main line of the canal in 1962, and is seen here in use by pleasure craft and house boats. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H66/36/2C
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