Union Canal

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canal waterway

The Union Canal is a historic Scottish waterway that links Edinburgh to the Forth & Clyde Canal near Falkirk, once vital for transporting coal and other goods and now used mainly for leisure boating and recreation.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Union Canal canonical 12
Monklands Canal 1
Union Canal network 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal ⓘ
waterway ⓘ
closedToCommercialTraffic 20th century ⓘ
connectedBy Falkirk Wheel ⓘ
connectionMethod boat lift ⓘ
connectsTo Forth and Clyde Canal ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1818 ⓘ
consultingEngineer Thomas Telford ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
currentManager Scottish Canals ⓘ
designer Hugh Baird ⓘ
elevation about 73 m above sea level ⓘ
engineer Hugh Baird ⓘ
feature no locks on main line ⓘ
hasStructure Almond Aqueduct ⓘ
Avon Aqueduct ⓘ
Falkirk Wheel ⓘ
Leamington Lift Bridge ⓘ
Slateford Aqueduct ⓘ
Wester Hailes towpath ⓘ
heritageStatus partly scheduled monument ⓘ
historicUse coal transport ⓘ
goods transport ⓘ
laterOwner Canal & River Trust ⓘ
surface form: British Waterways
length about 31 miles ⓘ
about 50 km ⓘ
locatedIn Edinburgh ⓘ
Falkirk ⓘ
lockCount 0 ⓘ
maximumBoatAirDraught about 2.7 m ⓘ
maximumBoatBeam about 3.5 m ⓘ
maximumBoatDraught about 1.2 m ⓘ
maximumBoatLength about 18 m ⓘ
openingDate 1822 ⓘ
originalOwner Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal Company ⓘ
passesThrough Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: City of Edinburgh

Falkirk council area ⓘ
West Lothian ⓘ
popularActivity angling ⓘ
cycling ⓘ
narrowboating ⓘ
walking ⓘ
primaryUse leisure boating ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
restorationCompleted 2002 ⓘ
restorationProject Millennium Link ⓘ
status navigable ⓘ
terminusCity Edinburgh ⓘ
Falkirk ⓘ
waterwayType contour canal ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Falkirk → hasCanal → Union Canal ⓘ
West Lothian → containsBodyOfWater → Union Canal ⓘ
Linlithgow → locatedOn → Union Canal ⓘ
Forth and Clyde Canal → connectedTo → Union Canal ⓘ
Falkirk council area → traversedBy → Union Canal ⓘ
Falkirk Wheel → connectsWaterway → Union Canal ⓘ
Linlithgow Canal Basin → locatedOnWaterway → Union Canal ⓘ
Linlithgow Canal Basin → partOf → Union Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union Canal network
Calderbank → locatedNear → Union Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Monklands Canal
Broxburn → locatedNear → Union Canal ⓘ
Winchburgh → hasTransportLink → Union Canal ⓘ
Winchburgh → waterway → Union Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union Canal passes near Winchburgh
Philpstoun → locatedNear → Union Canal ⓘ
Philpstoun → hasNearbyWaterBody → Union Canal ⓘ
Slateford → locatedOnWaterway → Union Canal ⓘ
Slateford → hasPublicPath → Union Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union Canal towpath