Moy, Swing Bridge over Caledonian Canal View from north north west looking along deck of bridge Digital image of D 47981.

Description Moy, Swing Bridge over Caledonian Canal View from north north west looking along deck of bridge Digital image of D 47981.

Date 6/5/1999

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 804754

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 47981

Scope and Content Moy Swing Bridge, Caledonian Canal, Highland, from north-north-west This shows the north half of the bridge, which is the last remaining original swing bridge on the canal. The north leaf has a railed parapet and can be opened by the hand-operated mechanism partly contained in the white-painted capstan (left). The opened south leaf and the cottage occupied by the bridge-keeper and his family are shown in the background. Moy Bridge was the scene of a tragic accident in the early 1840s when Mr Bean, a contractor working on the canal alterations, was killed when his horse backed off the bridge. The parapet was probably added to the bridge in response to the accident. 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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