Laggan, Swing Bridge over Caledonian Canal General view of bridge and canal from south west Digital image of D 48282 CN
SC 801439
Description Laggan, Swing Bridge over Caledonian Canal General view of bridge and canal from south west Digital image of D 48282 CN
Date 6/5/1999
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 801439
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of D 48282 CN
Scope and Content Laggan Swing Bridge, Caledonian Canal, Highland, from south-west This shows the west side of the 1932 swing bridge which was built by Sir William Arrol & Company. The pier on the left has a red-and white-painted bollard which would be used to secure boats waiting for the bridge to open. The pier-shaped structure (centre) supports the opened span and the top of the bridge's control cabin is visible behind the white-painted pier on the right. This bridge replaced a large 19th-century drawbridge which had spanned the canal at this point. The bridge-keeper operated the controls for the swing bridge in the open air until the control cabin was added in the late 20th century. Control cabins have been added to many of the swing bridges along the canal. 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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