sentences:  Although the Forth and Clyde Canal obtained an Act of Parliament to allow it to take over the Forth and Cart in 1842, the transfer did not take place for another 13 years.By then, revenue was only £325 per year, and costs, which included interest on the debts from the construction of the canal, exceeded this amount by £17.The canal was in a poor state, and it was estimated that £3,100 needed to be spent on it to return it to good order.