View from ESE showing SSE front

Description View from ESE showing SSE front

Date 1979

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

Catalogue Number SC 791301

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Kelvin Aqueduct, River Kelvin, Forth & Clyde Canal, Maryhill, Glasgow, from east-south-east This view from the east-south-east, taken in 1979, shows the Kelvin Aqueduct, with the two river arches to the left. The land arches are now used as part of the route of the Kelvin Walkway, a public footpath. The one on the right carried a branch railway to Dawsholm Gas Works from the 1890s until the mid-20th century. This was the largest canal aqueduct in Europe when it opened in 1790. The canal was the first sea-to-sea ship canal in the world. It was closed to navigation in 1962, and split up by blockages. It was reopened in 2000 as part of the Millennium Link project. The Forth & Clyde Canal was built between 1768 and 1790 to take sea-going vessels across central Scotland, avoiding the long and hazardous voyage round the north of Scotland. The section from Maryhill to Bowling was built between 1786 and 1790, and designed by Robert Whitworth. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference CTH46

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File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap