Forth To Firth Canal Pathway - Places of Interest Along The Path

Places of Interest Along The Path

  • The Slateford Aqueduct on the outskirts of Edinburgh takes the canal over the Water of Leith.
  • The Avon Aqueduct is west of Linlithgow and is 810 feet (250 m) long and 86 feet (26 m) high. It is the second largest aqueduct in Britain.
  • At Broxburn on the Union Canal the path runs between a number of red shale bings. The world's oil industry was started near here by James 'Paraffin' Young who build an industry to extract oil from shale. The bings are the remains of an industry which once employed 10,000 people in the area. Some of the bings have been removed to provide foundation material for motorways, but many remain.
  • The Almond Aqueduct is west of Ratho and takes the canal 75 feet (23 m) above the River Almond.
  • The Falkirk Wheel
  • The Falkirk Tunnel is the oldest and longest canal tunnel in Scotland. It is 631 meters long, 5.5 meters wide and 6 meters high.
  • The burgh of Kilsyth, with Colzium estate and park
  • The Antonine Wall, which is an ancient Roman fortification and wall, best seen at Barr Hill near Twechar
  • The Kelvin Aqueduct in Glasgow is 400 feet (120 m) long and 70 feet (21 m) high.

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