Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Union Canal, from Edinburgh to Falkirk, West Lothian, 32 miles, one tunnel, 2 locks.
Built to a design by Hugh Baird to link Edinburgh with the Forth and Clyde Canal at Falkirk.
1818 Construction work began
Includes the impressive Slateford Aqueduct, Edinburgh, Avon Aqueduct, and Almond Aqueduct, west of Ratho as well as the only canal tunnel in Scotland.
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