Kelvin Aqueduct

Kelvin Aqueduct

The Kelvin Aqueduct is an aqueduct in Glasgow which carries the Forth and Clyde Canal over the River Kelvin. It is 400 feet long and 70 feet high, and when opened in 1790 was Britain's largest.

External links

* [http://www.theglasgowstory.com/image.php?inum=TGSB00044 An image of the aqueduct]
* [http://www.panoramio.com/photo/4290495 Photo of the aquaduct, Autumn 2007]


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