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The Forth and Clyde Canal at Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire

Forth and Clyde Canal The Forth and Clyde Canal opened in 1790 as a canal crossing the Central Lowlands in order to provide a route for the seagoing vessels of the day between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde, at the narrowest part of the Lowlands. The canal is thirty-five miles long and it runs from the River Forth near Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, to the River Clyde at Bowling, Dunbartonshire. It also has a spur through Glasgow and in its day it had an important basin here at Port Dundas. Successful in its age, the canal suffered as the seagoing vessels were built larger and could no longer pass through. The railway age further impaired the success of the canal, and in the 1930s decline had ended in dormancy. It is now primarily used by leisure boats. (Read more)