Boquhanran Railway Aqueduct No 21
Forth and Clyde Canal Towpath, Clydebank G81 1UR, United Kingdom
Boquhanran Railway Aqueduct No 21 carries the M56 motorway over the Forth and Clyde Canal (Main Line) near to Newton Inclined plane.
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.
Boquhanran Railway Aqueduct No 21
is a minor waterways place
on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Main Line) between
Stockingfield Junction (Junction with the Port Dundas branch) (6 miles and 1¼ furlongs
and 16 locks
to the east) and
Clyde Canal Junction (Junction of the River Clyde and the Forth and Clyde Canal) (3 miles and 2¾ furlongs
and 4 locks
to the west).
The nearest place in the direction of Stockingfield Junction is Seaforth Road and A8014 Road Bridges;
4¾ furlongs
away.
The nearest place in the direction of Clyde Canal Junction is Boquhanran Road Aqueduct No 22;
¼ furlongs
away.
Mooring here is unrated.
There is a small aqueduct or underbridge here which takes a railway under the canal.
| Kirkwood Avenue Footbridge | 1 mile, 4¼ furlongs | |
| Argyll Road Bridge | 6½ furlongs | |
| Seaforth Road Footbridge | 5½ furlongs | |
| Seaforth Road Covered Footbridge | 5¼ furlongs | |
| Seaforth Road and A8014 Road Bridges | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Boquhanran Railway Aqueduct No 21 | ||
| Boquhanran Road Aqueduct No 22 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Trafalgar Street Footbridge | 1½ furlongs | |
Dalmuir Drop Lock and Bridge  | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Duntocher Burn Aqueduct | 6¼ furlongs | |
| Farm Road Bascule Footbridge | 6½ furlongs | |
Amenities here
Bus stop (Agamemnon Street)
Bus stop (Benbow Road)
Bus stop (Boquhanran Road)
Bus stop (Church Street)
Bus stop (Cornock Street)
Bus stop (Cornock Street)
Bus stop (First Terrace)
Bus stop (First Terrace)
Bus stop (McGhee Street)
Bus stop (Singer Street)
Bus stop (West Dumbarton Council Depot)
Bus stop (West Dumbarton Council Depot)
Amenities nearby at Boquhanran Road Aqueduct No 22
Bus stop (Boquhanran Road)
Bus stop (Briar Drive)
Bus stop (Broom Drive)
Bus stop (Broom Drive)
Bus stop (Duntocher Road)
Bus stop (Hawthorn Street)
Bus stop (Janetta Street)
Bus stop (Morar Road)
Bus stop (Morar Road)
Bus stop (Osborne Street)
Bus stop (Parkvale Court)
Bus stop (Parkvale Court)
Amenities nearby at Seaforth Road and A8014 Road Bridges
Farmfoods
Poundland Primark
Cashpoint
Singer Station Bus stop (Cable Depot Road)
Bus stop (Cable Depot Road)
Bus stop (Cambridge Avenue)
Bus stop (Chalmers Street)
Bus stop (Clarence Street)
Bus stop (Clarence Street)
Bus stop (Clydebank Business Park)
Bus stop (Clydebank Library)
Bus stop (Council Offices)
Bus stop (Crown Avenue)
Bus stop (East Thomson Street)
Bus stop (Erskine House)
Bus stop (Gilmour Street)
Bus stop (Government Offices)
Bus stop (Hall Street)
Bus stop (Health Centre)
Bus stop (Kilbowie Court)
Bus stop (Kilbowie Road)
Bus stop (Mossgeil Drive)
Bus stop (Radnor Street)
Bus stop (Shopping Centre)
Bus stop (Singer Station)
Bus stop (Singer Station)
Bus stop (Singer Street)
Bus stop (West Thomson Street)
- Youtube — associated with Forth and Clyde Canal
- The official reopening of the canal
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Nearest place to turn
In the direction of Clyde Canal Junction
Bowling Basin — 3 miles, 1¼ furlongs and 3 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of Clyde Canal Junction
In the direction of River Carron - Forth and Clyde Canal Junction
Applecross Street Basin — 8 miles, ½ furlongs and 16 locks away
Travel to Stockingfield Junction, then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) to Firhill Road Basin (northern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Firhill Road Basin) to Firhill Road Basin (southern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) to Applecross Street Basin
Craighall Road Basin Western Winding Hole — 8 miles, 4½ furlongs and 17 locks away
Travel to Stockingfield Junction, then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) to Firhill Road Basin (northern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Firhill Road Basin) to Firhill Road Basin (southern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) to Craighall Road Basin Western Winding Hole
Craighall Road Basin — 8 miles, 5 furlongs and 17 locks away
Travel to Stockingfield Junction, then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) to Firhill Road Basin (northern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Firhill Road Basin) to Firhill Road Basin (southern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) to Craighall Road Basin
Port Dundas Basin — 8 miles, 7 furlongs and 18 locks away
Travel to Stockingfield Junction, then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) to Firhill Road Basin (northern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Firhill Road Basin) to Firhill Road Basin (southern entrance), then on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Port Dundas Branch - Main Line) to Port Dundas Basin
Luggiebank Road Winding Hole — 13 miles, 1¼ furlongs and 16 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of River Carron - Forth and Clyde Canal Junction
Auchinstarry Winding Hole — 18 miles, 3¼ furlongs and 16 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of River Carron - Forth and Clyde Canal Junction
Craigmarloch Basin — 19 miles, 2 furlongs and 16 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of River Carron - Forth and Clyde Canal JunctionNo 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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