SAW017853 SCOTLAND (1948). Ardrishaig, general view, showing Ardrishaig Harbour and Crinan Canal. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing north-west. This image has been produced from a print.

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Title [SAW017853] Ardrishaig, general view, showing Ardrishaig Harbour and Crinan Canal. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing north-west. This image has been produced from a print.
Reference SAW017853
Date 1948
Link Canmore Collection item 1314800
Place name
Parish SOUTH KNAPDALE
District ARGYLL AND BUTE
Country SCOTLAND
Easting / Northing 185150, 685410
Longitude / Latitude -5.4471928440831, 56.013410359836
National Grid Reference NR852854

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Canals were an important element in the expansion of transport networks that powered the Industrial Revolution in Britain. The Crinan canal is nine miles long and was completed in 1801. It joins Ardrishaig on the edge of Loch Fyne in the East of the Knapdale peninsula, to Crinan which sits on the edge of the Sound of Jura in the West. It thus provides a short and safe route between the Clyde and the Inner Hebrides, allowing shipping to pass between the two without having to go round the Mull of Kintyre.

AlMu
Thursday 8th of May 2014 05:51:31 PM