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West of Glasgow Today I headed off to the west of Glasgow to continue the advance preparation for the Forth and Clyde & Union Canals DVD we will be filming during the summer. First by train to Dalmuir and a short walk to the canal to see the Dalmuir Drop Lock. Engineers were faced with a challenge when reopening the canal as a former lift bridge over the canal had been rebuilt as a fixed bridge and was now much too busy to consider rebuilding as an opening bridge and stopping traffic every time a boat wanted to pass.  The solution was to build a drop lock. There are outward pointing gates just over a boat’s length each side of the bridge like a double ended lock. Boats enter on one side of the bridge, the water is pumped out and the boat can pass under the bridge. Water is let back in and the gates opened to allow exit at the far side. This is the only drop lock in Britain. Then a walk along the towpath to Bowling where the final lock allows passage onto the River Clyde. The basin was full of boats looking more sea-going than usually found on a canal. The basin had remained open even when the rest of the canal was closed, and provided a safe haven for craft from the river. .jpg) The return journey to Glasgow included filming McMonagles, the world’s first sail-thru fish and chip take away. There is another entrance at the back (or is it the front) for those without a boat. Perhaps we can try it on our trip along the canal this summer. Posted on Friday, 7 July 2006 at 14:34 Comments (0) |
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