Avon Aqueduct

Information

This is the second largest aqueduct in Britain and the largest in Scotland. It measures 247m long, 25.9m high and 7.2 m wide. 

Source: https://unioncanalunlocked.org.uk/avon-aqueduct.php 

The aqueduct was built to a design by Hugh Baird, with advice from Thomas Telford, in tandem with the aqueducts at Slateford and Lin's Mill, with which it shares its design. Telford was not convinced that the stone arches were necessary in conjunction with the iron trough, but Baird used both on all three major aqueducts. Construction was carried out by Messrs. Craven, Whitaker and Nowell between 1819 and 1821, their success in building a stone bridge over the River Ouse making their tender for the contract "by far the most eligible".

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avon_Aqueduct 

Recording

The images and video were recorded from the canal towpath on 29/5/23.

Linlithgowshire Sheet V.NW. Date revised: 1895, Date Published: 1899  

Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.

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