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Aerial view of Cullochy Lock Digital image of A 36811.

SC 799677

Description Aerial view of Cullochy Lock Digital image of A 36811.

Date 1985

Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography

Catalogue Number SC 799677

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of A 36811

Scope and Content Aerial view, Cullochy Lock, Caledonian Canal, Highland, from north-north-east This aerial view from the north-north-east shows Cullochy Lock with the lock-keeper's cottage on the right. Semi-detached canal workers' houses are in the foreground (centre) with a storehouse to the left of the lock. At either side of the canal (top) there are roadways which lead to a public road. This lock connected the Caledonian Canal on the east side of Loch Oich. Boats would move into the centre of the lock and water would either be added or drained till the water was at the desired level for the boat to continue its journey. The lock-keeper would be responsible for opening the lock gates and controlling the flow of water into the lock. The Caledonian Canal was designed by Thomas Telford (1757-1834) and built between 1803 and 1822 at a cost of £840,000. It was the first example of a transport network funded by the government in Great Britain. The 96.5km-long canal provides a route for boats travelling between the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean as it runs from the Beauly Firth at Clachnaharry, Inverness, to Loch Linnhe at Corpach. Only 35.4km of this length is man-made while the other 61km runs through four lochs: Loch Dochfour, Loch Ness, Loch Oich and Loch Lochy. Unfortunately at 4.2m deep the canal was too small for most sea-going ships which led to it being altered and deepened between 1844 and 1847. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

Collection Hierarchy - Item Level

Collection Level (551 177) RCAHMS Aerial Photography

Sub-Group Level (551 177/11) 1986 Photographs

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