Forth and Clyde Canal

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canal scheduled monument waterway

The Forth and Clyde Canal is a historic Scottish waterway that crosses the Central Belt, linking the Firth of Forth on the east coast with the Firth of Clyde on the west.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Forth and Clyde Canal canonical	20
Forth and Clyde Canal Company	1
Forth and Clyde Canal improvements	1
Forth–Clyde isthmus	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	canal ⓘ scheduled monument ⓘ waterway ⓘ
closedToCommercialTrafficDate	1960s ⓘ
connectedTo	Union Canal ⓘ
connectsTo	Firth of Clyde ⓘ Firth of Forth ⓘ
constructionCompany	Forth and Clyde Canal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Forth and Clyde Canal Company
constructionStartDate	1768 ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
endPoint	Bowling ⓘ
engineer	John Smeaton ⓘ Robert Whitworth ⓘ
hasHeritageTrail	Forth and Clyde Canal towpath ⓘ
heritageDesignation	scheduled monument ⓘ
highestElevation	about 47 metres above sea level ⓘ
historicalEra	Industrial Revolution ⓘ
length	about 35 miles ⓘ about 56 kilometres ⓘ
linkedByStructure	Falkirk Wheel ⓘ
locatedIn	central Scotland ⓘ surface form: Central Belt of Scotland East Dunbartonshire ⓘ Falkirk council area ⓘ Glasgow City council area ⓘ North Lanarkshire ⓘ West Dunbartonshire ⓘ
managedBy	Scottish Canals ⓘ
maximumBoatBeam	about 19 feet ⓘ
maximumBoatDraught	about 7 feet ⓘ
maximumBoatLength	about 68 feet ⓘ
numberOfLocks	39 ⓘ
openingDate	1790 ⓘ
originalGauge	sea-going ⓘ
partOf	Lowland canal network of Scotland ⓘ
passesNear	Clydebank ⓘ Kirkintilloch ⓘ
passesThrough	Falkirk ⓘ Glasgow ⓘ
primaryUse	coal transport ⓘ industrial transport ⓘ passenger transport ⓘ
reopeningDate	2001 ⓘ
startPoint	Grangemouth ⓘ
status	reopened for navigation ⓘ
usedFor	cycling ⓘ leisure boating ⓘ recreation ⓘ walking ⓘ
waterwayType	ship canal ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

River Carron → connectedTo → Forth and Clyde Canal ⓘ

Falkirk → hasCanal → Forth and Clyde Canal ⓘ

Grangemouth → hasTransportConnection → Forth and Clyde Canal ⓘ

Antonine Wall → follows → Forth and Clyde Canal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Forth–Clyde isthmus

William Jessop → notableWork → Forth and Clyde Canal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Forth and Clyde Canal improvements

Forth and Clyde Canal → constructionCompany → Forth and Clyde Canal self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Forth and Clyde Canal Company

Falkirk council area → traversedBy → Forth and Clyde Canal ⓘ

Union Canal → connectsTo → Forth and Clyde Canal ⓘ

Falkirk Wheel → connectsWaterway → Forth and Clyde Canal ⓘ

The Kelpies → near → Forth and Clyde Canal ⓘ

Helix Park → locatedNear → Forth and Clyde Canal ⓘ

Wallace Studios at Speirs Wharf → locatedOnWaterway → Forth and Clyde Canal ⓘ

Bainsford → hasWatercourse → Forth and Clyde Canal ⓘ

Firhill Stadium → locatedNear → Forth and Clyde Canal ⓘ

Maryhill, Glasgow → knownFor → Forth and Clyde Canal ⓘ

Maryhill, Glasgow → traversedBy → Forth and Clyde Canal ⓘ

Maryhill → traversedBy → Forth and Clyde Canal ⓘ

Dalmuir → hasLandmark → Forth and Clyde Canal ⓘ

Dalmuir → hasTransportLink → Forth and Clyde Canal ⓘ

East Dunbartonshire → hasCanal → Forth and Clyde Canal ⓘ

Kilsyth → hasTransport → Forth and Clyde Canal ⓘ

Falkirk Helix Park → adjacentTo → Forth and Clyde Canal ⓘ

Kirkintilloch → traversedBy → Forth and Clyde Canal ⓘ