The Forth and Clyde Canal is a canal opened in 1790, crossing central Scotland; it provided a route for the seagoing vessels of the day between the Firth...
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The Forth and Clyde canal pathway runs between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde and is a 106-kilometre-long (66 mi) footpath and cycleway that...
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in 2001 and reconnected to the Forth and Clyde Canal in 2002 by the Falkirk Wheel. It is now in popular use for leisure purposes. The canal was conceived...
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The Clyde puffer is a type of small coal-fired and single-masted cargo ship, built mainly on the Forth and Clyde Canal, which provided a vital supply link...
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Falkirk Wheel (category Canals in Scotland)
connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal. It opened in 2002 as part of the Millennium Link project, reconnecting the two canals for the first...
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connected to the Forth and Clyde Canal, giving additional business potential. Maintaining an adequate water supply was a problem, and later an inclined...
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The Kelpies (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
Scottish towns of Falkirk and Grangemouth. They stand next to the M9 motorway and form the eastern gateway of the Forth and Clyde Canal, which meets the River...
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Grangemouth (category Ports and harbours of Scotland)
port, trade flowed through the town with the construction of the Forth and Clyde Canal in the 18th century. Nowadays, the economy of Grangemouth is focused...
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The Helix (Falkirk) (category Canals in Scotland)
connections between and around 16 communities in Falkirk Council, Scotland, including the eastern end of the Forth and Clyde Canal, and to regenerate the...
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concrete and steel such as the safety gates built on the Forth and Clyde Canal near Stockingfield Junction and on the Glasgow Branch at Firhill Road and Craighall...
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and Captain John Schank's unsuccessful attempt at a canal steam tug had come to the attention of Thomas, Lord Dundas, Governor of the Forth and Clyde...
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The Forth and Cart Canal was a short 1⁄2-mile (800-metre) link canal which provided a short cut between the Forth and Clyde Canal, at Whitecrook, and the...
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Bishopbriggs (section Canal)
villages of Mavis Valley and Jellyhill to accommodate its workers. From there, the Forth and Clyde Canal formed a convenient and direct transport link with...
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Kilsyth (section History and development)
Edinburgh, and is very close to the Roman Antonine Wall, the Forth and Clyde Canal and the main Glasgow to Edinburgh railway line, with the nearest railway...
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Bowling, West Dunbartonshire (category Ports and harbours of Scotland)
of the western terminus of the Forth and Clyde Canal, opened in 1790, and it is the western gateway to the Lowland canals. In 2008, British Waterways Scotland...
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for freight traffic. The Forth and Clyde Canal opened in 1790, connecting the River Clyde at Bowling with the Firth of Forth at Grangemouth. As well as...
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of the Forth and Clyde Canal through their estate, which provided some much-needed money. The canal reached the estate in 1775, but the canal company...
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Kelvin Aqueduct (category Listed canals in Scotland)
Forth and Clyde Canal over the River Kelvin. It was designed by Robert Whitworth, one of John Smeaton's supervising engineers on the Forth and Clyde Canal...
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Cheann Tulaich) is a town and former barony burgh in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It lies on the Forth and Clyde Canal and on the south side of Strathkelvin...
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few thousand people strong. The Forth and Clyde Canal separates Old Kilpatrick from the north bank of the River Clyde which is just a few metres beyond...
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Clydebank (section Governance and politics)
the River Clyde. The land was situated close to the Forth and Clyde Canal and to the main road running west out of Glasgow to Dumbarton, and so was conveniently...
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constructed. Camelon developed when the canals were built in the 18th and 19th centuries. Much of the Forth and Clyde Canal opened in the 1770s over a decade...
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Black Loch (category Buildings and structures in Falkirk (council area))
the Monkland Canal and further downstream, the Forth and Clyde Canal at Glasgow. The loch is now used for fly fishing, swimming, kayaking and paddle boarding...
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Port Dundas (category Canals in Scotland)
the terminus of a branch of the Forth and Clyde Canal in the centre of Glasgow, linking to the adjacent Monkland Canal. It became an industrial centre...
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Dalmuir (section Shopping and Recreation)
Road and predecessor route of the Great Western Road An act of Parliament[which?] in 1768 authorised the construction of the Forth and Clyde Canal starting...
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Stockingfield Junction (category Canals opened in 1775)
branch off the Forth and Clyde Canal main line from 1777. The canal from Edinburgh built by John Smeaton first reached Stockingfield in 1775 and due to the...
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and lies north of the Forth and Clyde Canal. To the south-east of Bonnybridge is a well-preserved section of the Antonine Wall, and the remnants of Rough...
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Falkirk (section Government and politics)
Camelon, Larbert and Stenhousemuir, and the cluster of Braes villages. The town is at the junction of the Forth and Clyde and Union Canals, a location which...
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River Cart (category River Clyde)
and Cart Canal was opened, linking the Forth and Clyde Canal, at Whitecrook near Clydebank, to the River Clyde, opposite the mouth of the River Cart....
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Society's vice-presidents, and he was also instrumental in obtaining employment for Murray with the Forth and Clyde Canal Company. While an inspector...
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