This Is My Glasgow · @thisismyglasgow
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The Forth and Clyde Canal in the north of Glasgow. Designed by John Smeaton and constructed between 1768 and 1790, it allowed goods and ships to move from the North Sea to the North Atlantic without having the pass through the treacherous waters along the North of Scotland. It was the world's first man-made sea-to-sea canal, making it the forerunner of canals like the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal.
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This Is My Glasgow · @thisismyglasgow
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This an interesting little marker set into the stonework of the Forth and Clyde Canal opposite The Whisky Bond in the north of Glasgow. It seems to be linked to a public art project called Displacement carried out there in July 2015.
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This Is My Glasgow · @thisismyglasgow
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The Pinkston Basin in the North of Glasgow. At one time this formed the junction between the Forth and Clyde Canal (completed 1792) and the Monkland Canal (completed in 1794). The Monkland Canal has now mostly been filled in and replaced by the M8 motorway.
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This Is My Glasgow · @thisismyglasgow
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The gothic splendour of the University of Glasgw on Gilmorehill rising above the houses of the north of the city as seen from Speirs Wharf on the Forth and Clyde Canal early this morning.
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LordWoolamaloo · @LordWoolamaloo
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The Maryhill, a working, scale replica of the classic Clyde Puffer is moored near the sculpture that commemorates the vessels that were built & launched at this spot
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LordWoolamaloo · @LordWoolamaloo
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"More steam, MacPhail, you blaggard!"
Monument celebrating the wonderful Clyde Puffer, as seen in Para Handy, by the canal marina at Kirkintilloch. Many were built & launched from this spot, one upon a time.
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This Is My Glasgow · @thisismyglasgow
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Rockvilla House at the Applecross Canal Basin in the north of Glasgow. Originally, this was the end of the Forth and Clyde canal and the building served as a base for a coach service into Glasgow. From 1790 onwards it served as a house for the lock keeper/canal manager.
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This Is My Glasgow · @thisismyglasgow
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The Nolly Brig over the Forth and Clyde Canal by Firhill Stadium in Glasgow, with its mural inspired by Charles Rennie MacKintosh's 1922 water colour called Sailing Ships. The bridge was built with European Regional Development Fund (from the EU) and was opened in 1990. The mural was added in 2019 by Art Pistol Projects.
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This Is My Glasgow · @thisismyglasgow
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Late 19th Century brick buildings on the banks of the Forth and Clyde canal in Ruchill.
It's great to see the one in the background is currently being refurbished as it had been in a rather poor state of repair for a while now and I'd often wondered if it would eventually be demolished.
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This Is My Glasgow · @thisismyglasgow
1236 followers · 1864 posts · Server mastodon.scotThis bottle dates from some point prior to the takeover of the Scottish Cooperative Society by its English counterpart in the early 1970s, and was the type of milk bottle which was, at one time, provided to every child each day in primary school.
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This Is My Glasgow · @thisismyglasgow
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A Scottish Cooperative Wholesale Society 1/4 pint glass milk bottle found today alongside the Forth and Clyde Canal in Maryhill. It is embossed with the text 'The Property of SCWS Loaned on Deposit'.
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This Is My Glasgow · @thisismyglasgow
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Does anyone know what these tiles are about? The left one is from the Glasgow Botanic Gardens, the one on the right is from beside the Forth and Clyde Canal in Anniesland. Has anyone seen any other similar tiles around the city?
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This Is My Glasgow · @thisismyglasgow
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Love the newest tiling added to the Stockingfield Bridge in Glasgow, especially this rainbow. These tiles have been made and installed by Make It Glasgow.
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tom donald · @tomclearwood
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It was a good week for walking in Glasgow's Outer West End. The way things are in much of the world now I've been grateful to be rained on sometimes, and pretty chilly sometimes too. And the sunshine? Soft and warm.
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#SoFar
#CantLast
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This Is My Glasgow · @thisismyglasgow
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As this markers shows, the Forth and Clyde Canal drops an impressive 156 feet between Maryhill in Glasgow and Bowling, the point about ten miles away where the it meets the sea. This is roughtly the same vertical drop as Niagara Falls. This descent is achieved by the use of twenty separate locks.
#glasgow #maryhill #forthandclydecanal #niagarafalls #maryhilllocks #bowling #scottishcanals
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This Is My Glasgow · @thisismyglasgow
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An initial re-creation of a complete William Murray clay pipe from the Caledonian Pipe Works (1832-1861) in Garngad Hill in Glasgow I've been working based on fragments I recently found alongside the Forth and Clyde Canal in Maryhill.
I've still got some refining to do before it's finished, but as a 'first draft', I'm reasonably pleased with how this project is going so far.
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#maryhill
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This Is My Glasgow · @thisismyglasgow
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Prime bottle amongst the water lilies on the Forth and Clyde Canal in the Maryhill area of Glasgow.
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This Is My Glasgow · @thisismyglasgow
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Just some of the thousands of fragments of clay pipes which seem to have been unearthed by recent improvements to the walkway alongside the Forth and Clyde Canal in Glasgow.
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Undiscovered Scotland · @UndisScot
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Bowling Harbour, at the western end of the Forth and Clyde Canal where it meets the River Clyde near Dumbarton. Its story began with the opening of the canal in 1790 and it has seen a real renaissance in recent times. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dumbarton/bowlingharbour/index.html
#Scotland #BowlingHarbour #Harbour #Dumbarton #ForthAndClydeCanal #UndiscoveredScotland
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This Is My Glasgow · @thisismyglasgow
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The Kelvin Aquaduct in Maryhill. Opened in 1790, it carries the Forth and Clyde Canal over the River Kelvin. It was designed by Robert Whitworth, and at 136 metres long and 19 metres high, it was the biggest aquaduct in Britain at that time it was built
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#glasgowhistory #scottishcanals #industrialarchitecture #architecture #engineering #Maryhill #riverkelvin #ForthAndClydeCanal #glasgow