Caledonian Canal

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canal transport infrastructure

The Caledonian Canal is a historic waterway in the Scottish Highlands that links the east and west coasts by connecting a series of natural lochs through the Great Glen.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Caledonian Canal canonical 18
Great Glen waterway system 3
Caledonian Canal locks 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ
completedDate 1822 ⓘ
connects Corpach ⓘ
Inverness ⓘ
Scottish east coast ⓘ
Scottish west coast ⓘ
connectsWaterBody Loch Dochfour ⓘ
Loch Lochy ⓘ
Loch Ness ⓘ
Loch Oich ⓘ
constructedFor bypassing hazardous Pentland Firth and Cape Wrath ⓘ
safe passage for naval and commercial shipping ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1803 ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
designer Thomas Telford ⓘ
endPoint Corpach ⓘ
engineer Thomas Telford ⓘ
hasLock Neptune's Staircase ⓘ
hasTouristAttraction Loch Ness Centre and Exhibition ⓘ
surface form: Loch Ness cruises

Neptune's Staircase lock flight ⓘ
heritageDesignation Scheduled Monument (parts) ⓘ
historicalUse commercial shipping ⓘ
length approximately 60 miles ⓘ
approximately 97 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Great Glen ⓘ
Scottish Highlands ⓘ
maintainedBy Scottish Canals ⓘ
mapFeature linear waterway across Great Glen ⓘ
maximumAirDraught 35 metres ⓘ
maximumVesselBeam 10.7 metres ⓘ
maximumVesselDraught 4.1 metres ⓘ
maximumVesselLength 45.7 metres ⓘ
numberOfAqueducts 4 ⓘ
numberOfLocks 29 ⓘ
numberOfSwingBridges 10 ⓘ
openingDate 1822 ⓘ
ownedBy Scottish Canals ⓘ
partOf Caledonian Canal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Great Glen waterway system
passesNear Drumnadrochit ⓘ
Fort Augustus ⓘ
Fort William ⓘ
Gairlochy ⓘ
primaryUse recreational boating ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
startPoint Inverness ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
waterwayType ship canal ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

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

Great Glen → contains → Caledonian Canal ⓘ
Loch Ness → partOf → Caledonian Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caledonian Canal system
Loch Ness → inflow → Caledonian Canal ⓘ
Lochaber → traversedBy → Caledonian Canal ⓘ
Fort William → hasNearbyAttraction → Caledonian Canal ⓘ
Caledonian Canal → partOf → Caledonian Canal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Glen waterway system
Glen Albyn → traversedBy → Caledonian Canal ⓘ
Loch Lochy → partOf → Caledonian Canal ⓘ
Loch Lochy → connectedBy → Caledonian Canal ⓘ
Loch Lochy → hasInflow → Caledonian Canal ⓘ
Loch Lochy → partOf → Caledonian Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Glen waterway system
Loch Oich → partOf → Caledonian Canal ⓘ
Loch Oich → hasOutflow → Caledonian Canal ⓘ
Loch Oich → partOf → Caledonian Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Glen waterway system
Loch Oich → isTraversedBy → Caledonian Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caledonian Canal navigation channel
Fort Augustus → locatedOn → Caledonian Canal ⓘ
Fort Augustus → hasFeature → Caledonian Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caledonian Canal locks
Great Glen Way → passesAlong → Caledonian Canal ⓘ
River Oich → runsParallelTo → Caledonian Canal ⓘ
River Oich → parallelFeature → Caledonian Canal ⓘ
Glen More → traversedBy → Caledonian Canal ⓘ
River Lochy → partOf → Caledonian Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caledonian waterway system
River Lochy → connectedTo → Caledonian Canal ⓘ
Inbhir Nis → hasNearbyAttraction → Caledonian Canal ⓘ
Thomas Telford → notableWork → Caledonian Canal ⓘ
Thomas Telford → employer → Caledonian Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commissioners for the Caledonian Canal