Avon Aqueduct

Avon Aqueduct

The Avon Aqueduct is an aqueduct on the Union Canal near Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, UK. It is 810ft long and 86ft high; it is the longest and tallest aqueduct in Scotland, and the second longest in Britain (after the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct), and it can be viewed from Muiravonside Country Park.

The aqueduct was built after a design by Thomas Telford. It has twelve arches, and the water is carried in a metal trough. There is a towpath on either side.

ee also

*List of canal aqueducts in Great Britain
*River Avon
*Avon Gorge

Photo gallery

External links

* [http://www2.mihalis.net/canal/cgi-bin/gazette.cgi?where=$mole Location of Avon Aqueduct]

* [http://www.falkirk.gov.uk/services/development/planning_and_environment/outdoor_access/PDFs/river_avon_heritage_trail.pdf River Avon Heritage Trail, by Falkirk Council]

* [http://www.rls.org.uk/database/results.php?field=where&searchterm=%22Avon+Aqueduct+Milestone%22&searchdb=scran RCAHMS: two images of Avon Aqueduct milestones]
* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/10656 GEOGRAPH image 10656 of Avon Aqueduct]
* [http://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-556-606-C&PHPSESSID=o4jj9d9apb5ftmok2ptgurhjb4 SCRAN image of Avon Aqueduct]
* [http://www.gentles.info/KAP/rig02/rig02.htm Aerial photo of Avon Aqueduct and Muiravonside country Park by James Gentles]

* [http://www.jim-shead.com/waterways/mwp.php?wpage=Aqueducts.html Jim Shead's website - Canal aqueducts]


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