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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forth and Clyde Canal | 25.9 | ** Each lock is 74 feet long and 20 feet broad, and procures a rise of 8 feet, the greatest height of the Canal is 141 feet, its medium breadth at the Surface is 56 feet and its medium breadth at the bottom 27 feet. - Its Capacities admit vessels of 19 feet beam, 68 feet keel and 8 feet draft of water.-It is Crossed by 33 drawbridges, and passes over 10 considerable Aqueducts, And upwards of 30 Smaller ones or tunnels. - The Greatest aqueduct is a very magnificent one across the Kelvin at Maryhill, begun in June 1787 and finished in April 1791.- It Consists of 4 grand arches, is 83 feet high, runs across a dell or valley 400 feet wide and was completed at a cost of £8500.- The Canal has 6 reservoirs, Covering about 400 acres, and Containing upwards of 12,000 lockfulls of water, and means exist for more than doubling the Supply. Property of the Share-holders. The foregoing is taken from the Gazeteer of Scotland. - |
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Ordnance Survey - Stirling county, OS Name Books - Stirling county - Volume 22 - Parish of Polmont, OS1/32/22
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Polmont.
Ordnance Survey - Stirling county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Stirling, which is in central Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.