Sites and Monument Record: Union canal Tunnel (SMR 956)

Description
Rock cut tunnel 696yds long and 13.5ft wide, partially faced with masonry and brickwork. Simple semicircular arch at each end set in concave retaining walls of rough ashlar. Hand rail attached to towpath in 1980 and lighting in 2000.
Completed 1822, Hugh Baird engineer, John Mitchell contractor.
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Object detail

Site type
building
bridge
canal structure
Site status
Listed B
Site history notes
Built as part of the Union Canal in 1818-20 following opposition by Forbes' Trustees to the original route through Callendar Wood.
Site conservation date
1820
Site grid ref
NS 8814 7898 - NS 8839 7840
Conservation status
Georgian

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