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The Crinan Canal was authorised under an Act of 8 May 1793 (33 Geo. III c.104), entitled "An Act for making and maintaining a navigable canal from Loch Gilp to Loch Crinan in the shire of Argyll". The subscribers were incorporated by the name of "The Company of Proprietors of the Crinan Canal". The canal was opened in 1801.
By an Act of 14 August 1848 (11 & 12 Vic. c.54) the Crinan Canal was vested in the corporate body entitled "The Commissioners of the Caledonian Canal".
Power was given to lease both these canals to private undertakings under an Act of July 1860, but this power was not implemented.
Both canals were transferred to the Ministry of Transport under an Act of 15 August 1919, and an Order in Council was made on 2 July 1920 vesting them in the Ministry, but the actual transfer did not take effect until 15 August 1920, when the commissioners ceased to exist.
Both canals were transferred to the British Transport Commission under Section 28 of the Transport Act, 1947. |