Canals · Central Scotland
Forth and Cart Canal
Forth and Cart Canal — canal in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK (1836-1893).
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Forth and Cart Canal is a canal in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1836. Wikidata describes it as: "canal in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK (1836-1893)". Coordinates: 55.8985°, -4.4015°.
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The Forth and Cart Canal was a short 1⁄2-mile (800-metre) link canal which provided a short cut between the Forth and Clyde Canal, at Whitecrook, and the River Clyde, opposite the mouth of the River Cart. It was intended to provide a transport link between the town of Paisley, the Firth of Forth and Port Dundas, Glasgow, without having to go via Bowling, some 7 miles (11 kilometres) downstream on the Clyde. The Forth and Cart Canal was closed in 1893. Railway works destroyed most of it soon afterwards.
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- Coordinates
- 55.8985, -4.4015
- District
- West Dunbartonshire
- Postcode
- G81 1QL
- Parliamentary constituency
- West Dunbartonshire
- Established
- 1836
Sources
- wikidata: Q5472599 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Forth and Cart Canal (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Confluence of Clyde and Cart - geograph.org.uk - 2354549.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Forth and Cart Canal?
- Forth and Cart Canal is in Central Scotland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.8985°, -4.4015°.
- When was Forth and Cart Canal built?
- Forth and Cart Canal dates to 1836 — the Georgian period.