forth and clyde canal transit - old film (60's) industrial archaeology etc

[bikedaft]

film of a transit (about 20mins);

http://ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=1687

it mentions the forth and cart junction canal which i had never heard of before until i read this book - well worth a look if you like clydebank shipyard stuff;

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ships-Natio...UTF8&coliid=I95QI5D5Z1ZL1&colid=2FI2ACQLMLUH9

tho available dumbarton library new HB for 7.50!

always wondered about the railway bridge over argyll rd - it did look a bit canal bridge like

(ramblings over)

 

[Clyde_Wanderer]

Thanks for that.
Big difference in the Stables pub since then.
Good find.
C_W

 

[elton]

Fascinating. Thanks.

 

[LittleSister]

Great stuff!

Some other interesting films in that archive, too. I've just been watching one on St. Kilda.

 

[bikedaft]

if you go down to clydebank college at LW you can just see the end of one of the slips (pointing towards the cart). all that's left (except the titan crane) of john brown's.

the titan is well worth a trip up top tho.

thanks for the interest

 

[awol]

8'6" Draft and the mast up! Aye, those were the days - and what a boon it would be now for all those round Britain sailors who could miss out all of the boring bumpy bits up north. But then a lifting bridge on the A80 might upset a few more drivers these days.

 

[Deleted member 36384]

What changes, the factories and works, busyness everywhere!