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 of Forth
The Firth of Forth () is the estuary, or firth, of several Scottish rivers including the River Forth. It meets the North Sea with Fife on the north coast and Lothian on the south.
Name
''Firth'' is a cognate of ''fjord'', a Norse word meani ...
and the
Firth of Clyde at the narrowest part of the
Scottish Lowlands
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. This allowed navigation from
Edinburgh on the east coast to the port of
Glasgow on the west coast. The canal is long and it runs from the
River Carron at
Grangemouth
Grangemouth ( sco, Grangemooth; gd, Inbhir Ghrainnse, ) is a town in the Falkirk council area, Scotland. Historically part of the county of Stirlingshire, the town lies in the Forth Valley, on the banks of the Firth of Forth, east of Falkirk ...
to the
River Clyde
The River Clyde ( gd, Abhainn Chluaidh, , sco, Clyde Watter, or ) is a river that flows into the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. It is the ninth-longest river in the United Kingdom, and the third-longest in Scotland. It runs through the major cit ...
at
Bowling, and had an important basin at
Port Dundas
Port Dundas is an area of Glasgow, Scotland, located to the north of the city centre. It lies to the north of Cowcaddens, and to the west of Sighthill, with Hamiltonhill and Possilpark to the north-west.
History
The Port Dundas terminus was e ...
in Glasgow.
Successful in its day, it suffered as the seagoing vessels were built larger and could no longer pass through. The railway age further impaired the success of the canal, and in the 1930s decline had ended in dormancy. The final decision to close the canal in the early 1960s was made due to maintenance costs of bridges crossing the canal exceeding the revenues it brought in. However, subsidies to the rail network were also a cause for its decline and the closure ended the movement of the east-coast
Forth River fishing fleets across the country to fish the
Irish Sea. The lack of political and financial foresight also removed a historical recreational waterway and potential future revenue generator to the town of Grangemouth. Unlike the majority of major canals the route through
Grangemouth
Grangemouth ( sco, Grangemooth; gd, Inbhir Ghrainnse, ) is a town in the Falkirk council area, Scotland. Historically part of the county of Stirlingshire, the town lies in the Forth Valley, on the banks of the Firth of Forth, east of Falkirk ...
was drained and backfilled before 1967 to create a new carriageway for port traffic.
The
M8 motorway in the eastern approaches to Glasgow took over some of the alignment of the canal, but more recent ideas have regenerated the utility of the canal for leisure use.
Geography
The eastern end of the canal is connected to the
River Forth by a stretch of the
River Carron near
Grangemouth
Grangemouth ( sco, Grangemooth; gd, Inbhir Ghrainnse, ) is a town in the Falkirk council area, Scotland. Historically part of the county of Stirlingshire, the town lies in the Forth Valley, on the banks of the Firth of Forth, east of Falkirk ...
. The canal roughly follows the course of the Roman
Antonine Wall
The Antonine Wall, known to the Romans as ''Vallum Antonini'', was a turf fortification on stone foundations, built by the Romans across what is now the Central Belt of Scotland, between the Firth of Clyde and the Firth of Forth. Built some twe ...
and was the biggest infrastructure project in Scotland since then. The highest section of the canal passes close to
Kilsyth
Kilsyth (; Scottish Gaelic ''Cill Saidhe'') is a town and civil parish in North Lanarkshire, roughly halfway between Glasgow and Stirling in Scotland. The estimated population is 9,860. The town is famous for the Battle of Kilsyth and the relig ...
and it is fed there by an
aqueduct which gathers water from (the purpose built) Birkenburn Reservoir in the Kilsyth Hills, stored in another purpose-built
reservoir called Townhead near
Banton, from where it feeds the canal via a feeder from the Shawend Burn near
Craigmarloch. The canal continues past
Twechar, through
Kirkintilloch
Kirkintilloch (; sco, Kirkintulloch; gd, Cair 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, about northeast of central Glasgow. ...
and
Bishopbriggs to the
Maryhill area north of
Glasgow city centre. A branch to
Port Dundas
Port Dundas is an area of Glasgow, Scotland, located to the north of the city centre. It lies to the north of Cowcaddens, and to the west of Sighthill, with Hamiltonhill and Possilpark to the north-west.
History
The Port Dundas terminus was e ...
was built to secure the agreement and financial support of Glasgow merchants who feared losing business if the canal bypassed them completely. This branch flows past Murano Street Student Village, halls of residence for the
University of Glasgow. The western end of the canal connects to the River Clyde at Bowling.
In 1840, a canal, the
Forth and Cart Canal, was built to link the Forth and Clyde canal, at
Whitecrook, to the
River Clyde
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, opposite the mouth of the
River Cart.
Origins
Priestley, writing in 1831, said:
The first act of parliament relating to this canal, received the royal assent on the 8th of March, 1768, and it is entitled, 'An Act for making and maintaining a navigable Canal from the Firth or River of Forth, at or near the mouth of the River Carron, in the county of Stirling, to the Firth or River of Clyde, at or near a place called Dalmuir Burnfoot, in the county of Dumbarton
Dunbartonshire ( gd, Siorrachd Dhùn Breatann) or the County of Dumbarton is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the west central Lowlands of Scotland lying to the north of the River Clyde. Dunbartonshire borders Per ...
; and also a collateral Cut from the same to the city of Glasgow; and for making a navigable Cut or Canal of Communication from the Port or Harbour of Borrowstounness
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, to join the said Canal at or near the place where it will fall into the Firth of Forth.'
The subscribers were incorporated by the name of "The Company of Proprietors of the Forth and Clyde Navigation," with power to raise among themselves the sum of £150,000, in fifteen hundred shares of £100 each, and an additional sum of £50,000, if necessary.[Joseph Priestley, ''A Historical Account of the Navigable Rivers, Canals, and Railways, of Great Britain'', Longman, Rees Orme, Brown and Green, London, 1831]
At first there were difficulties with securing the capital for the work, but soon, thanks in the main to investment by
Sir Lawrence Dundas, 1st Baronet
Sir Lawrence Dundas, 1st Baronet (c. 1710 – 21 September 1781) was a Scottish businessman, landowner and politician.
Life
He was the son of Thomas Dundas and Bethia Baillie. He made his first fortune as Commissary General: supplying goods to ...
, "the execution of this canal proceeded with such rapidity, under the direction of
he engineer
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Mr. Smeaton, that in two years and three quarters from the date of the first act, one half of the work was finished; when, in consequence of some misunderstanding between him and the proprietors, he declined any further connection with the work, which was shortly afterwards let to contractors, who however failed, and the canal was again placed under the direction of its original projector, who brought it to within of its proposed junction with the Clyde, when the work was stopped in 1775 for want of funds, and it continued at a stand for several years."
[
Numerous supplementary Acts of Parliament preceded this period and more followed, but the key to unlocking the problem was some creativity, in which "the Barons of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, are, out of the money arising from the sale of forfeited estates, directed to lend the Forth and Clyde Navigation Company the sum of £50,000, by which they were enabled to resume their labours, under the direction of Mr. Robert Whitworth, an engineer possessing a well earned reputation". The work was completed on 28 July 1790.][
The Forth and Clyde Navigation Committee was set up in Glasgow in (or before_) 1787 and had several notable members: ]John Riddel
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( Lord Provost of Glasgow); John Campbell of Clathick
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Life
He was born in 1721 the son of Archibald Coates and his ...
; Patrick Colquhoun (Convenor and Superintendent); Robert Whitworth (engineer); Archibald Spiers
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; John Cumine (as collector of fees at east end) and James Loudon (as collector of fees at west end).
Contemporary description
Priestley wrote in 1831,
Besides the fine rivers above-mentioned he Forth and Clyde, the canal
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is joined by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal, near Falkirk
Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow.
Falkirk had a ...
; with the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway
The Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway was an early mineral railway running from a colliery at Monklands to the Forth and Clyde Canal at Kirkintilloch, Scotland. It was the first railway to use a rail ferry, the first public railway in Scotl ...
at its summit, near the last-mentioned village; and with the Monkland Canal and the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway, at Port Dundas
Port Dundas is an area of Glasgow, Scotland, located to the north of the city centre. It lies to the north of Cowcaddens, and to the west of Sighthill, with Hamiltonhill and Possilpark to the north-west.
History
The Port Dundas terminus was e ...
, near the city of Glasgow.
This magnificent canal commences in the River Forth, in Grangemouth
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Harbour, and near to where the Carron empties itself into that river. Its course is parallel with the Carron, and in nearly a westwardly direction, passing to the north of the town of Falkirk, and thence to Red Bridge, where it quits the county of Stirling, and enters a detached portion of the shire of Dumbarton. Hence it passes to the south of Kilsyth
Kilsyth (; Scottish Gaelic ''Cill Saidhe'') is a town and civil parish in North Lanarkshire, roughly halfway between Glasgow and Stirling in Scotland. The estimated population is 9,860. The town is famous for the Battle of Kilsyth and the relig ...
, and runs along the south bank of the River Kelvin, and over the Luggie Water, by a fine stone aqueduct, at Kirkintilloch
Kirkintilloch (; sco, Kirkintulloch; gd, Cair 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, about northeast of central Glasgow. ...
; it then approaches within little more than of the north-west quarter of the city of Glasgow, to which there is a branch communicating with the Monkland Canal at Port Dundas, near that city. The remaining part of the line is in a westwardly direction, crossing the Kelvin River by a noble aqueduct, and thence to the Clyde, into which, after running parallel with it for some distance, it locks down at Bowling's Bay, near Dalmuir Burnfoot.
The canal is in length, viz, from Grangemouth to the east end of the summit pool, is ten miles and three quarters [], with a rise, from low water in the Forth, of , by twenty locks. The summit level is in length, and in the remainder of its course, there is a fall to low water, in the Clyde, at Bowling's Bay, of , by nineteen locks.
The branch to the Monkland Canal at Glasgow is two miles and three quarters []; and there is another cut into the Carron River, at Carron Shore, in order to communicate with the Carron Iron Works.
Though this canal was originally constructed for vessels drawing , yet by recent improvements, sea-borne craft of draught may now pass through it, from the Irish Sea to the German Ocean
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. The locks are 74 feet long and 20 wide []; and upon its course are thirty-three draw-bridges, ten large aqueducts and thirty-three smaller ones; that over the Kelvin being long and above the surface of the stream. It is supplied with water from reservoirs; one of which, at Kilmananmuir, is , and deep at the sluice; and that at Kilsyth is in extent, with water at its head.
Passenger traffic
Between 1789 and 1803 the canal was used for trials of William Symington's steamboat
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s, culminating in the ''Charlotte Dundas
''Charlotte Dundas'' is regarded as the world's second successful steamboat, the first towing steamboat and the boat that demonstrated the practicality of steam power for ships.Fry, p. 27.
Early experiments
Development of experimental steam engi ...
'', the "first practical steamboat" built at the shipyard in Grangemouth
Grangemouth ( sco, Grangemooth; gd, Inbhir Ghrainnse, ) is a town in the Falkirk council area, Scotland. Historically part of the county of Stirlingshire, the town lies in the Forth Valley, on the banks of the Firth of Forth, east of Falkirk ...
by Alexander Hart.
Passenger boats ran on the canal from 1783, and in 1809 fast boats were introduced, running from Edinburgh to Falkirk in 3 hours 30 minutes, providing such comforts as food, drink and newspapers. By 1812 they carried 44,000 passengers, taking receipts of more than £3,450.
From 1828 there was a steamboat service, operated by Thomas Grahame's boat ''Cupid''.
Construction
The canal was designed by John Smeaton. Construction started in 1768 and after delays due to funding problems was completed in 1790. To mark the opening a hogshead of water taken from the Forth was emptied into the Clyde at Bowling to symbolise the union of the eastern and western seas. The geologist James Hutton
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became very involved in the canal between 1767 and 1774; he contributed his geological knowledge, made extended site inspections, and acted both as a shareholder and as a member of the management committee. The Union Canal
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was then constructed to link the eastern end of the canal to Edinburgh.
Changes of ownership
In 1842 an Act of Parliament was obtained authorising the Caledonian Railway to take over the Forth and Clyde Canal along with the Forth and Cart Canal, although this did not take effect until 1867.
In the meantime the Canal company itself had built a railway branch line to Grangemouth Dock, which it owned.
The canal was nationalised
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in 1948, along with the railway companies, and control passed to the British Transport Commission. In 1962, the British Transport Commission was wound up, and control passed to the British Waterways Board; subsequently Scottish Canals took control.
Run down and revival
In 1963 the canal was closed rather than construct a motorway crossing, and so it became disused and semi-derelict. Canal lock
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s in the Falkirk
Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow.
Falkirk had a ...
area on the Union Canal
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near the connection to the Forth and Clyde canal had been filled in and built over in the 1930s.
As part of the millennium celebrations in 2000, National Lottery funds were used to regenerate both canals. A boatlifting device, the Falkirk Wheel, was built to connect the two canals and once more allow boats to travel from the Clyde or Glasgow to Edinburgh, with a new canal connection to the River Carron and hence the River Forth. The Falkirk Wheel opened on 27 May 2002 and is now a tourist attraction.
When the canal was reopened, the Port Dundas branch was reinstated from Stockingfield Junction
Stockingfield Junction is a canal junction which lies between Maryhill and Ruchill in Glasgow, Scotland. It opened in 1777,Hume, p.162 and closed in 1963, followed by restoration and a re-opening in 2002. At first a terminus it formed the juncti ...
, where it leaves the main line, to Speirs Wharf, where further progress was blocked by culverts created as part of the M8 Motorway construction and the abortive Maryhill Motorway. A connection from there to Pinkston Basin, which once formed the terminus of the Monkland Canal, was later achieved by the construction of of new canal and two locks, lowering the level of the canal to enable it to pass beneath existing structures. The project cost £5.6 million, and the first lock and intermediate basin were opened on 29 September 2006. The lock was named Speaker Martin's Lock, after Michael Martin MP, the speaker in the House of Commons who performed the opening ceremony. Opening of the second lock was delayed by a dispute over land ownership.
Forth and Clyde Canal Society
The Forth and Clyde Canal Society is a waterway society
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on the Forth and Clyde Canal in the central lowlands of Scotland. It was formed in 1980 to "campaign for the Forth and Clyde's preservation, restoration and development"[canal-cruising/318-forth-and-clyde-canal-society](_blank)
''www.visiteastdunbartonshirenow.co.uk''
According to the Forth and Clyde Canal Society's website, their current aim is ''"To promote the canal and to ensure its success"''.
The Society's campaigning included a petition of over 30,000 signatures for the reopening of the canal, which was then put in place under the Millennium Link
The Millennium Link is one of the biggest engineering projects ever undertaken by British Waterways. The Union Canal (Scotland), Union Canal and the Forth & Clyde Canal were originally joined by a flight of Lock (water transport), locks. The Mill ...
project which commenced work in 1999.
The society currently has three boats which are used as trip-boats, charter vessels and for members cruises along the canal.
Locks
There are 39 locks on the Forth & Clyde Canal, as follows:
*1 – New River Carron Sea Lock (The Helix Canal Extension – beyond The Kelpies)
*2 – Basin Moorings (Sea Lock)
*3 – Carron Cut Lock
*4 – Abbotshaugh Lock
*5 – Bainsford
Bainsford is a small village within the Falkirk (council area), Falkirk council area of Scotland. The village is situated in the Forth Valley, north of the town of Falkirk. It is positioned between the River Carron (Forth), River Carron and the ...
Lock
*6 – Grahamston Iron Works Lock
*7 – Merchiston Lock
*8 – Merers Lock
*9 – Camelon Railway Lock
*10 – Camelon
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Lock
*11 – Rosebank Lock
*12 – Camelon Lock No. 12
*13 – Camelon Lock No. 13
*14 – Camelon Lock No. 14
*15 – Falkirk Wheel
*16 – Falkirk Bottom Lock No. 16
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Lock No. 17
*18 – Allandale Lock No. 18
*19 – Castlecary Lock No. 19
*20 – Wyndford Lock No. 20 (summit level)
*21 – Maryhill Top Lock No. 21 (summit level)
*22 – Maryhill Lock
*23 – Maryhill Lock
*24 – Maryhill Lock
*25 – Maryhill Bottom Lock No. 25
*26 – Kelvindale (Temple Lock No. 26)
*27 – Temple Lock No. 27
*28 – Cloberhill Top Lock No. 28
*29 – Cloberhill Middle Lock No. 29
*30 – Cloberhill Bottom Lock No. 30
*31 – Cloberhill Lock No. 31
*32 – Cloberhill Lock No. 32
*33 – Boghouse Top Lock No. 33
*34 – Boghouse Middle Lock No. 34
*35 – Boghouse Lower Lock. 35
*36 – No. 36
*Drop Lock – Dalmuir Drop Lock
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(constructed recently to take navigation below bridge)
*37 – Old Kilpatrick
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*38 – Dalnottar Lock No. 37
*39 – Bowling Lock No. 38
The overall ruling dimensions are length: ; beam: ; draught: ; headroom: , but at the western end larger vessels may use the Bowling basin.
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See also
* Auchinstarry and its new basin, a £1.2M regeneration
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...
project
* Forth to Firth Canal Pathway
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* Forth and Cart Canal
* Falkirk Helix
The Helix is a land transformation project to improve the connections between and around 16 communities in Falkirk Council, Scotland, including the eastern end of the Forth and Clyde Canal, and to regenerate the area near where the canal joins ...
* John Muir Way
* World Canals Conference The World Canals Conference (WCC) is an annual conference about canals and other waterway
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* Donald's Quay
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* Canal Safety Gates
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* Stockingfield Junction
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Footnotes
Further reading
* Lindsay, Jean. ''The Canals of Scotland''. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1968.
* Brown, Hamish. ''Exploring the Edinburgh to Glasgow Canals''. London: Stationery Office, 1997.
* Macneill, John
''Canal Navigation: On the Resistance of Water to the Passage of Boats Upon Canals and Other Bodies of Water, Being the Results of Experiments.''
London: Roake and Varty, 1833.—See: Appendix A.
* Mouton, H.G. "The Forth and Clyde Ship Canal," ''Journal of Political Economy,'' vol. 18, no. 9 (Nov. 1910), pp. 736–741
In JSTOR
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External links
Glasgow's Canals Unlocked
tourism publication by Scottish Canals
Environmental Advisory Service case study on Auchinstarry Basin
* ttp://www.falkirk-wheel.com Falkirk Wheelbr>The Falkirk Wheel – The Forth and Clyde Canal
History of the Forth and Clyde Canal – Clyde Waterfront Heritage
National Library of Scotland: SCOTTISH SCREEN ARCHIVE
(archive films about the Forth and Clyde Canal)
Video footage of the Stockingfield Junction WWII 'Stop or Safety gate'.
Video footage of Stockingfield Junction.
Video footage of Ferrydyke Quay and Bascule Bridge
Video footage of Auchintarry Marina
Video footage of the Dalmuir Drop Lock
images & map of mile markers seen along the Forth & Clyde canal
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