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Monkland Canal, Glasgow, Cut Of Junction
Canal (18th Century) - (19th Century)
Site Name Monkland Canal, Glasgow, Cut Of Junction
Classification Canal (18th Century) - (19th Century)
Canmore ID 209591
Site Number NS56NE 2867
NGR NS 5966 6627
NGR Description From NS 5999 6619 to NS 5943 6649
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/209591
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS56NE 2867.00 From 5999 6619 to 5943 6649.
The 'Cut of Junction' was completed in 1791 to a depth of 4 feet. The first boat travelling from the East negotiated the Cut on 17 October 1791.
G Thomson 1945.
The act authorising the Cut of Junction was passed in 1790. In 1798 an agreement was made between the Forth and Clyde Canal (Lin 17) and Monkland Canal Companies on the subject of maintenance of navigation in times of frost on this waterway. By 1843 improvements suggested for enlarging the Cut of Junction had been completed.
J Lindsay 1968.
This section of canal between the Monkland and the Forth and Clyde canals was neither the one nor the other. It was originally cut to the same specifications as the Monkland, but in 1842 it was deepened and at Glebe Street (NS56NE 2867.02) and Port Dundas (NS56NE 2867.03) Forth and Clyde 'style opening bridges' were erected.
G Hutton 1993.
This waterway is clearly visible on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Lanarkshire 1865, sheet vi) and on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Lanarkshire 1896, sheet viNE).
Information from RCAHMS (MD) 21 February 2002.
