Description

Built 1879. Massive, single-span masonry aqueduct, carrying Forth and Clyde Canal (Glasgow Branch) over Bilsland Drive (B808). Bull-faced coursed, sandstone rubble, spandrels and wing walls, ashlar string course, parapet and cope, rustricated ashlar voussoirs. Canal carried on flat segmental arch, towpath (on W side) on semicircular arch. Wing walls slightly battered, those to E side, parallel to canal; on W, straight N wing wall parallel to road, S wing wall curved to follow wall. Pilasters mark end of span to E side, on W pilasters set in re-entrant angle. Masonry of pilasters dressed at corners.

Statement of Interest

Scheduled Ancient Monument. Built to span a new access road under the canal to serve industrial areas to N and E. There are similar aqueducts at Possil Road and Maryhill Road, both later, with towpath arches on side.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17813217

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings