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Old Photograph Paddle Steamers Waverly And Columba Forth And Clyde Canal Bowling Scotland
Old photograph of paddle steamers Waverly and Columba on the Forth and Clyde Canal at Bowling, Scotland. Bowling is a Scottish village in West Dunbartonshire. It is located on the north bank of the Firth of Clyde, between the towns of Clydebank and Dumbarton. It is at one end of the Antonine Wall and therefore represents the extreme limit of the Roman Empire on the west coast of the island of Great Britain. Bowling is the location of the western terminus of the Forth and Clyde Canal, opened in 1790, and it is the western gateway to the Lowland canals. Bowling has been long associated with shipbuilding and ship repairing. The opening of the Forth and Clyde canal at Bowling in 1790 increased the number of vessels passing through the small village on their way to Glasgow. The railway station opened in 1850 when the line ran via Dumbarton to Balloch. In 1858 the line was extended to progress to Glasgow to the east, and Helensburgh to the west. Today it is known as the North Clyde Line.
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