Forth and Clyde Canal
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Also Forth and Clyde Navigation
John Smeaton designed the canal from Grangemouth to Glasgow
1768 construction started on Forth and Clyde Navigation. John Smeaton, Principal Engineer, and Robert Mackell, Sub-Engineer.[1]
1773 Opened from the Firth of Forth to Kirkintilloch
1775 Reached Stockingfield on the northern outskirts of Glasgow
Work put in abeyance due to lack of funds
1779 Robert Mackell died and was replaced as Surveyor by Nicol Baird
1784 Construction resumed
1785 Robert Whitworth became chief engineer.
1790 The canal opened over its full length of 39 miles
James Douglas (d.1852) was a Director. He was a major recipient of slavery compensation payments (£37,781). He also made major investments in railway companies[2]
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Sources of Information
- A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and ..., Volume 1, edited by A. W. Skempton