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View from W showing site of Forth and Cart Canal
SC 733534
Description View from W showing site of Forth and Cart Canal
Date 13/7/1970
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 733534
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Canal Entrance, Forth & Cart Canal, Glasgow The Forth and Clyde Canal was built through what became Clydebank in 1786-90 as part of the section from Maryhill to Bowling. In the early 19th century shipping on the Cart Navigation to Paisley increased, and the short Forth and Cart Junction Canal was opened in 1840 to facilitate interchange of traffic. This shows the entrance to the Forth and Cart Junction Canal from the Forth and Clyde, marked by the weed-grown stub in the centre of this view. The canal to the right (south) of this point was filled in in 1898. The building in the background was a boiler works built after World War II. The Forth and Cart Junction Canal never fulfilled its potential largely because of the rapid development of railways. This canal was built for use by scows, with fixed bridges, and was virtually disused by the time it was infilled. The southern end became part of the Clydebank Shipyard. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H35/70/30/8
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/733534
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