View from NW showing part of NNE front.
SC 613147
Description View from NW showing part of NNE front.
Date 1969
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 613147
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Avon Aqueduct, Linlithgow, West Lothian This aqueduct was completed in 1822 for the opening of the Edinburgh & Glasgow Union Canal, and was designed by Hugh Baird, engineer. It is the longest of the three major aqueducts on the canal, with 12 spans. This shows the eastern part of the viaduct from the north-west. The channel of the canal is carried in a cast iron trough. Note the vegetation growing out of the structure. This is due to the fact that the aqueduct had limited maintenance for many years. Thomas Telford advised on the design of the viaducts on this canal, and the use of cast-iron troughs was originally his idea, first used in Shropshire in the 1790s. The Union Canal has been refurbished as part of the Millennium Link, and was completely reopened in 2002. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H69/523/1D
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