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Union Canal Union Canal
Union Canal
Union Canal
Mr. John Black
William Forbes Esqr
Revd. [Reverend] William Begg
030.07 A splendid water-way extending from Port Hopetoun at Edinburgh to Port Downie on the Forth and Clyde Canal; and by means of the latter navigation connecting Glasgow with Edinburgh, from which it is frequently termed the Edinburgh and Glasgow Canal. It passes westward thro' [through] part of the Counties of Edinburgh Linlithgow and Stirling. The parishes in the County of Edinburgh thro' [through] which the line is carried are St. Cuthberts, Colinton, Currie, Ratho and part of Kirkliston; in Linlithgowshire those of Uphall, part of Kirkliston, Dalmeny, Abercorn, Linlithgow, and in Stirlingshire those of Muiravonside, Polmont, and Falkirk For about 10 miles from Edinburgh the course of the line is westerly but then it makes a long sweep to the north, after which its direction again changes and it makes a varied, though in general a north-west course till its termination passing Falkirk on the south. (The foregoing is taken from Fullarton's Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland)

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Parish of Falkirk

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