Glasgow, Port Dundas, General

PORT DUNDAS

Port Dundas marked the end of the Glasgow branch of the Forth & Clyde Canal. It was completed in 1790 and named after Sir Lawrence Dundas, Governor of the Canal Company. At the end was a timber seasoning basin and a distillery. Other industry soon followed: granaries, sugar refining, chemicals, iron founding and engineering. The Canal water level, 41m (156ft) above sea level at Port Dundas, is 35m (135ft) above the Clyde Street carriageway. The contemporary Monklands Canal linked the Lanarkshire coalfields to the Forth & Clyde at Port Dundas by a 'cut of junction'. A series of four locks, constructed in 1785 at Blackhill, raised the navigation level of the Forth & Clyde Canal by some 29m (96ft) to the level of the Monklands Canal

Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk

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See also NS56NE 86, NS56NE 102, NS56NE 119, NS56NE 207, NS56NE 217.01 .

NS 59 66 On behalf of British Waterways, and at the request of Historic Scotland, Kirkdale Archaeology were asked to undertake an archaeological survey at Port Dundas to create a record of the archaeological features and record the various interventions affecting these features. The survey work undertaken in April to May 2006 recorded and interpreted a variety of alterations that had been made to the fabric of the canal walls from their original construction to the present. Two large industrial buildings were also recorded photographically during this work.

Archive to be deposited in NMRS.

Sponsor: British Waterways Scotland

Paul Fox and Tom Whalley, 2007.

EXTERNAL REFERENCES:

Mit. Lib. 'Glasgow In Former Times Vol I' Lithograph 1835.

NMRS REGERENCES:

Simpson & Brown Photographs.

Box 11 Album no. 167 - Many general facade views.