Union Canal, Almond Railway Bridge
Railway Bridge (19th Century)
Site Name Union Canal, Almond Railway Bridge
Classification Railway Bridge (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Edinburgh & Glasgow Union Canal; Slamannan Junction Railway
Canmore ID 183633
Site Number NS97NE 178
NGR NS 9610 7649
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/183633
- Council Falkirk
- Parish Muiravonside
- Former Region Central
- Former District Falkirk
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS97NE 178 9610 7649
Traces of a former railway crossing are visble at this location.
H Brown 1997.
This railway bridge, carrying the Slamannan Junction Railway over the canal, is visible on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Stirlingshire 1865, sheet XXXI) and on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Stirlingshire 1899, sheet XXXISW). The dismantled railway is visible to the N of the canal on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1989) and on the OS Basic Scale digital map (2000).
Information from RCAHMS (MD), 17 April 2001.
