What is Forth and Clyde Canal?
[[File:Bridge at Bowling Basin.jpg|thumb|Bridge over the Forth and Clyde canal at Bowling]] The '''Forth and Clyde [[Canal]]''' opened in 1790. It is is 35 miles (56 km) long. It provided a route for boats to go between [[Edinburgh]] on the [[Firth of Forth]] to [[Glasgow]] on the [[Firth of Clyde]] at the narrowest part of the Scottish Lowlands. As the boats grew bigger and the railways were developed it was slowly abandoned. In 1967 the part through [[Grangemouth]] was drained and filled in. <ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z8joVgKdx8MC&q=%22Forth+and+Clyde+Canal+Society%22&pg=PA84|title=The Forth and Clyde Canal: A History|last=Dowds|first=Thomas|publisher=Tuckwell Press|year=2004|isbn=9781862322325}}</ref> In 2000 the [[Falkirk Wheel]] was built to connect it again to the [[Union Canal (Scotland)|Union Canal]]. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Canals in Scotland]]