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SC 646174

Description General view

Date 1965

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

Catalogue Number SC 646174

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Kelvin Aqueduct, Maryhill, Forth & Clyde Canal, Glasgow This was the largest single engineering works on the Forth & Clyde Canal. It is on the section between Maryhill and Bowling, opened in 1790, and designed by Robert Whitworth. It was the largest canal aqueduct in Europe at the time of its opening. This shows the aqueduct from the north-east. The upper part of the masonry is curved inwards between the piers to resist the pressure of the water in the canal channel. The two spans on the right cross the River Kelvin. In the 1890s a railway was taken through the next arch to Dawsholm Gas Works. This viaduct has been repaired as part of the Millennium Link project to reopen the Forth & Clyde and Union Canals. The Forth & Clyde Canal was reopened in 2000. A public footpath, the Kelvin Walkway, now passes under the viaduct, but well-intentioned planting makes it impossible to see the structure clearly. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/65/14/13

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/646174

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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People and Organisations

Events

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Attribution: © HES. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume

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