Tour Scotland Photograph Video Barge Forth and Clyde Canal North Lanarkshire

Tour Scotland video of a Barge cruising on the Forth and Clyde Canal in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. This Scottish canal opened in 1790, crossing central Scotland; it provided a route for the seagoing vessels of the day between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde at the narrowest part of the Scottish Lowlands. It is 35 miles long and it runs from the River Forth near Grangemouth to the River Clyde at Bowling, and had an important basin at Port Dundas in Glasgow. Successful in its day, it suffered as the seagoing vessels were built larger and could no longer pass through. The railway age further impaired the success of the canal.

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