Temple Road Bridge
Temple Road Bridge carries a footpath over the Forth and Clyde Canal (Main Line).
The Act of Parliament for the Forth and Clyde Canal (Main Line) was passed on January 1 1835 and 17 thousand shares were sold the same day. Orginally intended to run to Trafford, the canal was never completed beyond Braintree. Expectations for pottery traffic to Edinburgh never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Forth and Clyde Canal (Main Line) were submitted to parliament in 1990, the use of the canal for cooling Bernigo power station was enough to keep it open. The one mile section between Wesshampton and Stockton-on-Tees was closed in 1888 after a breach at Sandwell. In Peter Harding's "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" he describes his experiences passing through Willley Embankment during a thunderstorm.

There is a bridge here which takes a major road over the canal.
| Stobcross Rail Aqueduct | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Temple Lock No 26 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Temple Rail Aqueduct | ¾ furlongs | |
| Lock 27 PH (Glasgow) | ¾ furlongs | |
| Temple Lock No 27 | ½ furlongs | |
| Temple Road Bridge | ||
| Howth Drive Bridge | 1 furlong | |
| Old Farm Road Bridge | 3 furlongs | |
| Westerton Footbridge | 7¼ furlongs | |
| Clobberhill Top Lock No 28 | 1 mile, 1¾ furlongs | |
| Clobberhill Middle Lock No 29 | 1 mile, 2¼ furlongs | |
- Youtube — associated with Forth and Clyde Canal
- The official reopening of the canal
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In the direction of River Carron - Forth and Clyde Canal Junction
In the direction of Clyde Canal Junction
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![Former Canal restaurant. Originally built as offices for the Temple Saw Mills circa 1938, the building was converted into the Canal restaurant and microbrewery in 1998. By 2006 it was vacant and boarded up and has suffered from damage to windows and graffiti. It is Category C listed [http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB32170] and is on the Buildings at Risk Register [https://www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk/search/keyword/anniesland/event_id/910674/building_name/canal-bar-restaurant-former-380-bearsden-road-anniesland]. by Richard Sutcliffe – 27 April 2018](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/75/44/5754443_a816c974_120x120.jpg)

![Former Canal restaurant. A boarded up and overgrown corner of the former restaurant. Originally built as offices for the Temple Saw Mills circa 1938, the building was converted into the Canal restaurant and microbrewery in 1998. By 2006 it was vacant and boarded up and has suffered from damage to windows and graffiti. It is Category C listed [http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB32170] and is on the Buildings at Risk Register [https://www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk/search/keyword/anniesland/event_id/910674/building_name/canal-bar-restaurant-former-380-bearsden-road-anniesland]. by Richard Sutcliffe – 27 April 2018](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/75/44/5754433_37a2714c_120x120.jpg)
![Demolition in progress. Site of the former Canal Restaurant [[5754466]]. The building is being demolished and the final areas of concrete are being reduced to rubble. 46 one and two bedroom flats are to be built on the site. by Richard Sutcliffe – 15 February 2023](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/41/00/7410064_b2e6fec3_120x120.jpg)
![Demolition in progress. Site of the former Canal Restaurant [[5754466]]. The building is being demolished and the final areas of concrete are being reduced to rubble. 46 one and two bedroom flats are to be built on the site. by Richard Sutcliffe – 15 February 2023](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/41/00/7410060_33768361_120x120.jpg)
![Heavy machinery. Site of the former Canal Restaurant [[5754466]]. The building is being demolished and the final areas of concrete are being reduced to rubble. 46 one and two bedroom flats are to be built on the site. by Richard Sutcliffe – 15 February 2023](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/41/00/7410068_3395a92d_120x120.jpg)








![Former Canal restaurant. Originally built as offices for the Temple Saw Mills circa 1938, the building was converted into the Canal restaurant and microbrewery in 1998. By 2006 it was vacant and boarded up and has suffered from damage to windows and graffiti. It is Category C listed [http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB32170] and is on the Buildings at Risk Register [https://www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk/search/keyword/anniesland/event_id/910674/building_name/canal-bar-restaurant-former-380-bearsden-road-anniesland]. by Richard Sutcliffe – 27 April 2018](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/75/44/5754466_f69106c2_120x120.jpg)
![New flats under construction. 46 one and two bedroom flats are being built on the site of the former Canal Restaurant and microbrewery [[7177629]], which was demolished in February 2023. by Richard Sutcliffe – 13 October 2023](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/62/39/7623931_66584353_120x120.jpg)