Bainsford
Lock
ResitingBainsford
Lock
Resiting
Although
much needed done to the locks taking the Forth and Clyde canal from the River
Carron to Loch 16, most of the work was renovation, although in two places locks
were re-sited upstream so that headroom was increased for roads, that has
previously had two-leaf drawbridges.
This
was done at Bainsford, north of Falkirk town center where the lock was moved
west of the road, and the canal now appears to be in a cutting, achieving the
required headroom under the road.
The cutting and the road are behind you in the pictures shown above and on
the right.
This
final picture shows the old, original lock. There is a lot of work still to be
done to make the waterway navigable, and only 3 months to the re-opening!
Pictures Jim Coyle