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The western end of Falkirk Tunnel. Falkirk Tunnel is a canal tunnel on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal dug through Prospect Hill in Falkirk, Scotland. [1] Completed in 1822, the tunnel is 630 metres long. [2] [3] It was built because the owner of Callendar House had objected to the planned canal spoiling the view from their property. [3] [4]
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Map showing canals of the British Isles. Canals in orange, rivers in blue, streams in grey. Map of the current, leisure oriented system. The following list of canals in the United Kingdom, includes some systems that are navigable rivers with sections of canal (e.g. Aire and Calder Navigation) as well as "completely" artificial canals (e.g. Rochdale Canal).
The Union Canal, full name the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal, is a canal in Scotland, running from Falkirk to Edinburgh, constructed to bring minerals, especially coal, to the capital. It was opened in 1822 and was initially successful, but the construction of railways, particularly the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway , which opened in 1842 ...
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Adjacent to the village is the Union Canal where there is the 690-yard-long (630 m) Falkirk Tunnel which was completed in 1821, [12] it is known locally as the "Dark Tunnel". [13] The Glasgow–Edinburgh via Falkirk line railway runs through the Hallglen Railway Tunnel which is of similar length and age – built 1842 and 845 yards (773 m) long ...
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