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Country code |
GB |
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Repository code |
234 |
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Repository |
National Records of Scotland |
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Reference |
RHP143509 |
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Title |
Plan of the Great Canal (Forth & Clyde Canal) |
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Dates |
1790 |
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Access status |
Open |
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Access conditions |
This record has been digitally imaged and will not be produced for readers. The digital images may be seen in the NRS Search Rooms on the 'Virtual Volumes' system |
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Location |
On site (Sighthill) |
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Description |
'A plan of the Great Canal from Forth to Clyde as finished by Robert Whitworth engin[ee]r'. Robert Whitworth, engineer. Engraver unknown.
1/2 in = 1 mile, 1 in = 60 ft, 1 in = 1 mile (inset). 670 x 1920mm. Engraving. Hand coloured (canal and reservoirs only). Compass rose.
Plan of the Forth and Clyde canal as finished by Robert Whitworth, Engineer, in 1790 from Bowling Bay to Grangemouth with branch to Port Dundas. Longitudinal section of the Forth & Clyde Canal (Great Canal) showing locks, tunnels, bridges, aqueducts etc. Inset plan of the Monkland Canal, with reservoirs, lochs and feeders. Tables of: dimensions of canal and locks; distances; recapitulation; chronology from first operations in 1768 to completion in 1790. Larger settlements in block plan. Old Kilpatrick, Dalmuir, Standalane, Drumchaple, Clover Hill, Newkilpatrick, Partick, Govan, Glasgow, Calder Mill, East Calder, Kirkentulloch, Campsie, Kilsyth, Dolater Bog, Kilven-head, Cumbernauld, Loanhead, Camelon, Falkirk, Carron Works, Kerse House. Wester Loch, Postel Loch, Bardonie Loch, Antiminny Loch, Toun Head Reservoir, Mill Lochs, Auchin Loch, Johnson Loch, Garqueen Loch, Bishop Loch, Woodend Loch, Gartshery Loch, Rough Rig Reservoir, Hill End Reservoir, Black Loch, Fannyside Loch. Relief by hachures. |
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Level |
Item |
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Extent |
1 plan, rolled |
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Departmental cipher |
SC0204 |
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Archival history |
Scottish Canals |
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