Cart Junction Canal

History

The canal company was incorporated under an Act of Parliament of 1836 to construct a canal extending from the Forth and Clyde Canal at Whitecrook to the River Clyde, opposite the River Cart. The Cart Junction Canal, was opened in 1839. It travelled for a quarter of a mile from the Forth and Clyde at Whitecrook to the River Clyde and was used to carry building materials to J & G Thomson's Clydebank Shipyard. It was superseded by the railways and was closed in 1893. Work on this short stretch of canal was transferred to the Forth and Clyde Canal Company which became vested in the Caledonian Railway in 1867. No passenger services were operated on the stretches of canal in Clydebank, but timber was floated across the river from Langbank in Renfrewshire to Bowling, and delivered to the Clydebank's industries by canal.

The map from the 1970's still shows Canal Street on it which ran on top of the old canal but by the present day, Canal Street has disapeared with redevelopment as can be seen below on Google Earth.

Canal Street in Clydebank during the 1970's

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