Bowling Lock Wharf
Bowling Lock Wharf is on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Main Line) near to Wakefield.
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.

| Farm Road Bascule Footbridge | 2 miles, 1¼ furlongs | |
| Ferry Road Swing Bridge | 1 mile, ¾ furlongs | |
| Erskine Bridge | 7¾ furlongs | |
| Dalnottar Lock No 37 | 7½ furlongs | |
| Portpatrick Road Bascule Footbridge | 3½ furlongs | |
| Bowling Lock Wharf | ||
| Bowling Lock No 38 | ½ furlongs | |
| Bowling Lock Basin | ¾ furlongs | |
| Basin Bascule Footbridge | 1 furlong | |
| Basin Railway Bridge | 1 furlong | |
| Bowling Basin | 1½ furlongs | |
- Youtube — associated with Forth and Clyde Canal
- The official reopening of the canal
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In the direction of Clyde Canal Junction
In the direction of River Carron - Forth and Clyde Canal Junction
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![Path on a dismantled railway line. The path follows the raised trackbed. Compare [[4188897]], a view in the opposite direction from the same point. by Lairich Rig – 26 September 2014](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/18/89/4188903_18b2837e_120x120.jpg)





