OS1/32/22/80

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Forth and Clyde Canal 25.9 *
But in 1784 Government, out of the rents of the forfeited estates in Scotland, granted £50,000 toward the Completion of the work,
reserving a power of drawing proportional dividends with the proprietors, And allowing them,on the other hand, to add their arrears of interest to their principal Sums. - In July 1786, the Cutting of the Canal was resumed, And in July 1790 it was Completed from Sea to Sea. - Though the Canal was planned to be no more than Seven feet deep, yet, by Subsequent additions to the height of its banks, it became in effect eight feet. -The length of the work, in all its parts is 38¾ miles; of the navigation direct from the Forth to the Clyde, 35 miles; of the side-branch to Port Dundas, 2¾ miles, And of the continuation of the Monkland Canal, 1 mile.- The number of locks in the eastern Side of the island is 20 & on the western 19, the difference being occasioned by the higher level of water in the Clyde at Bowling-Bay than in Grange-burn or the Carron at Grangemouth. -
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