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Union Canal, Slamannan Railway Bridge
Railway Bridge (19th Century)
Site Name Union Canal, Slamannan Railway Bridge
Classification Railway Bridge (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Causewayend, Railway Bridge
Canmore ID 183624
Site Number NS97NE 176
NGR NS 96196 76121
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/183624
- Council Falkirk
- Parish Muiravonside
- Former Region Central
- Former District Falkirk
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS97NE 176 96196 76121
Location formerly entered as NS 9619 7612.
For general notes on the Slamannan Rly and its relationship with the Union Canal, see NS97NE 62.03.
For Slamannan Rly (Causewayend) basin (to NW), see NS97NE 62.03.
This railway was constructed from Slammannan near Airdrie as far as the basin (NS97NE 62.03) in 1840.
G Hutton 1993.
The evidence of this former railway crossing is visible in the shape of abutments on each bank of the canal, just to the SE of the Slamannan Basin (NS97NE 62.03).
H Brown 1997.
This bridge, carrying the Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway over the canal, is shown 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 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.
(Location amended to NS 96196 76121). The location assigned to this record defines the centre of the span.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 21 February 2006.
