General view of water course.
SC 613148
Description General view of water course.
Date 1969
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 613148
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 top of the aqueduct looking east. The channel is carried in a cast iron trough, the edge of which can be seen on the right, above the timber rubbing strakes. The canal had not been used for navigation since the 1930s. 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 H69/523/2D
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