Temple Rail Aqueduct
Temple Rail Aqueduct carries the road from Windsor to Westton 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 small aqueduct or underbridge here which takes a railway under the canal.
| Kelvin Aqueduct (western end) | 5¾ furlongs | |
| Cleveden Road Bridge | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Gas Board Aqueduct No 17 | 3½ furlongs | |
| Stobcross Rail Aqueduct | 1½ furlongs | |
| Temple Lock No 26 | ¾ furlongs | |
| Temple Rail Aqueduct | ||
| Lock 27 PH (Glasgow) | a few yards | |
| Temple Lock No 27 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Temple Road Bridge | ¾ furlongs | |
| Howth Drive Bridge | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Old Farm Road Bridge | 3¾ furlongs | |
- Youtube — associated with Forth and Clyde Canal
- The official reopening of the canal
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![Sign for Lock 27. Pub beside the Forth & Clyde Canal [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6201411]. by Richard Sutcliffe – 25 June 2019](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/20/14/6201408_cd173e19_120x120.jpg)



![Glasgow buildings [15]. Lock 27 provides refreshments on the bank of the Forth and Clyde Canal. by Michael Dibb – 25 June 2019](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/25/03/6250303_9784c0c5_120x120.jpg)


![Lock 27. Canal-side pub beside the Forth & Clyde Canal at Temple. In the distance is one of the Category B listed [http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB52443] gasometers from the former Temple Gasworks. by Richard Sutcliffe – 25 June 2019](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/20/14/6201411_8a859850_120x120.jpg)









![Forth and Clyde Canal [51]. An information board by lock 27 giving details of the re-alignment of the road to Bearsden.The Forth and Clyde Canal was completed in 1790 and it provided a route for vessels between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde at the narrowest part (35 miles, 56km) of the Scottish Lowlands. Closed in 1963, the canal became semi-derelict. Millennium funds were used to regenerate the canal. The main line of the canal is a Scheduled Monument with details at: http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM6774 by Michael Dibb – 25 June 2019](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/25/03/6250304_48373a21_120x120.jpg)
![Forth and Clyde Canal [52]. This plaque by lock 27 gives the distances to Stockingfield Junction and to Bowling.The Forth and Clyde Canal was completed in 1790 and it provided a route for vessels between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde at the narrowest part (35 miles, 56km) of the Scottish Lowlands. Closed in 1963, the canal became semi-derelict. Millennium funds were used to regenerate the canal. The main line of the canal is a Scheduled Monument with details at: http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM6774 by Michael Dibb – 25 June 2019](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/25/03/6250305_091da981_120x120.jpg)



