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Latitude: 55.9744 / 55°58'27"N
Longitude: -3.6026 / 3°36'9"W
OS Eastings: 300080
OS Northings: 676868
OS Grid: NT000768
Mapcode National: GBR 1S.WLLS
Mapcode Global: WH5R8.M3N9
Plus Code: 9C7RX9FW+PW
Entry Name: Bridge No. 44, Union Canal, Linlithgow
Listing Name: Friarsbrae, Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal Bridge 44
Listing Date: 20 December 1976
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 382459
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB37376
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Linlithgow, Union Canal, Bridge No. 44
ID on this website: 200382459
Location: Linlithgow
County: West Lothian
Town: Linlithgow
Electoral Ward: Linlithgow
Traditional County: West Lothian
Tagged with: Road bridge
Hugh Baird engineer, circa 1820. Segmental-arched bridge, stone parapet to W side, railings to E. Cream squared, coursed and stugged sandstone, timber overhang to E side.
The Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal, begun in 1818 and opened in May 1822, completed the inland waterway link between Scotland's two major cities by connecting Edinburgh to the Forth and Clyde Canal near Falkirk. Designed by Hugh Baird with advice from Telford on the three main aqueducts. The canal when completed was 31 and a half miles long, 5 ft deep, 37 ft wide at the surface and 20 ft wide at the bottom.
The Union Canal is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, SAM No. 4170, Scheduled on 15 December 2003.
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