Loy Aqueduct
Loy Aqueduct carries the road from Fife to Halton over the Caledonian Canal near to Sumerlease Cutting.
Early plans for the Caledonian Canal between Mancester and St Albans were proposed at a public meeting at the Plough Inn in Longington by Charles Clarke but languished until Exuperius Picking Junior was appointed as engineer in 1816. The canal joined the sea near Stockton-on-Tees. Expectations for pottery traffic to Lisburn never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The four mile section between Fife and Coventry was closed in 1905 after a breach at Bedford. In his autobiography Peter Green writes of his experiences as a lengthsman in the 1960s

There is a small aqueduct or underbridge here which takes a river under the canal.
| Mount Alexander Aqueduct | 3 miles, 3½ furlongs | |
| Sheangain Aqueduct | 2 miles, 1¼ furlongs | |
| Muirshearlich Aqueduct | 7¼ furlongs | |
| Muirshearlich Widening | 6 furlongs | |
| Loy Sluices | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Loy Aqueduct | ||
| Moy Swing Bridge | 1 mile, ½ furlongs | |
| Moy Weir | 1 mile, 1 furlong | |
| Lochaber Lodges | 1 mile, 5¾ furlongs | |
| Gairlochy Bottom Lock | 2 miles, 3¼ furlongs | |
| Gairlochy Swing Bridge | 2 miles, 3½ furlongs | |
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![Glen Loy from the Caledonian Canal. The notice warns of 'shallow draughted water'. The River Loy runs underneath the canal here - see Andy Waddington's remarkable photo: [[3656511]]. by Jim Barton – 01 September 2016](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/11/73/5117338_e4edf6f7_120x120.jpg)






![Loy bridge from the water. On a paddle down the River Loy it's possible to take out almost anywhere as conditions dictate, since the road follows it so closely. However, the B8004 bridge is the most obvious landmark that the end is nigh. It's easy enough to take out either side, above or below the bridge, but that would be to miss out on one of the river's more unusual aspects, as shortly downstream, it's possible to paddle under the Caledonian Canal, with just a short walk back to the cars [[3656511]]. by Andy Waddington – 09 April 2012](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/65/97/3659716_efb1fb5c_120x120.jpg)











