Possil Road to Speirs Wharf Pound
Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow Spur Towpath, Glasgow G4 9SL, United Kingdom
Possil Road to Speirs Wharf Pound is on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) a few miles from Rochdale.
The Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) was built by Peter Clarke and opened on January 1 1816. The canal joined the sea near Dover. Expectations for manure traffic to Oldcroft never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) were submitted to parliament in 1990, the use of the canal for cooling Wolverhampton power station was enough to keep it open. The Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) was closed in 1888 when Walsall Embankment collapsed. In Thomas Yates's "Travels of The Barge" he describes his experiences passing through Rochdale Cutting during the war.
Possil Road to Speirs Wharf Pound
is a minor waterways place
on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) between
Firhill Road Basin (southern entrance) (Basin next to Firhill Road Stadium, home of Partick Thistle FC) (5 furlongs
to the northwest) and
Port Dundas Basin (Once formed the terminus of the Monkland Canal) (5½ furlongs
and 2 locks
to the east).
The nearest place in the direction of Firhill Road Basin (southern entrance) is Possil Road Aqueduct;
½ furlongs
away.
The nearest place in the direction of Port Dundas Basin is Speirs Wharf Footbridge (Sliding bridge operated by Scottish Canals);
¾ furlongs
away.
Mooring here is unrated.
| Claypits Footbridge | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Applecross Street Basin | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Rockvilla Bascule Bridge | 1 furlong | |
| Applecross Wharf | ¾ furlongs | |
| Possil Road Aqueduct | ½ furlongs | |
| Possil Road to Speirs Wharf Pound | ||
| Speirs Wharf Footbridge | ¾ furlongs | |
| Speirs Wharf | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Speirs Wharf Lock | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Speirs Wharf Bridge No 55 | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Craighall Road Basin Western Winding Hole | 3 furlongs | |
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Nearest place to turn
In the direction of Stockingfield Junction
Applecross Street Basin — 1¼ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Stockingfield Junction
Luggiebank Road Winding Hole — 9 miles, ½ furlongs away
Travel to Firhill Road Basin (southern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Firhill Road Basin) to Firhill Road Basin (northern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) to Stockingfield Junction, then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Main Line) to Luggiebank Road Winding Hole
Auchinstarry Winding Hole — 14 miles, 2½ furlongs away
Travel to Firhill Road Basin (southern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Firhill Road Basin) to Firhill Road Basin (northern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) to Stockingfield Junction, then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Main Line) to Auchinstarry Winding Hole
Craigmarloch Basin — 15 miles, 1¼ furlongs away
Travel to Firhill Road Basin (southern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Firhill Road Basin) to Firhill Road Basin (northern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) to Stockingfield Junction, then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Main Line) to Craigmarloch Basin
Wyndford Lock Winding Hole — 16 miles, 3¾ furlongs away
Travel to Firhill Road Basin (southern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Firhill Road Basin) to Firhill Road Basin (northern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) to Stockingfield Junction, then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Main Line) to Wyndford Lock Winding Hole
Bowling Basin — 11 miles, 3 furlongs and 19 locks away
Travel to Firhill Road Basin (southern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Firhill Road Basin) to Firhill Road Basin (northern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) to Stockingfield Junction, then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Main Line) to Bowling Basin
In the direction of Port Dundas Basin
Craighall Road Basin Western Winding Hole — 3 furlongs and 1 lock away
On this waterway in the direction of Port Dundas Basin
Craighall Road Basin — 3½ furlongs and 1 lock away
On this waterway in the direction of Port Dundas Basin
Port Dundas Basin — 5½ furlongs and 2 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Port Dundas BasinNo information
CanalPlan has no information on any of the following facilities within range:water point
rubbish disposal
chemical toilet disposal
self-operated pump-out
boatyard pump-out
Direction of TV transmitter (From Wolfbane Cybernetic)
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