Basic Site Details | Name: | Forth-Clyde Ship Canal | | City or county: | | | Country: | Scotland | | Parish: | | | Status: | Unexecuted | | Grid ref: | | | Notes: | A proposed ship canal linking the Firth of Forth with the Firth of Clyde capable of taking twentieth century ocean-going vessels and war-ships. Not to be confused with the Forth Clyde Canal
Messrs D and C Stevenson, civil engineers, Edinburgh, have been engaged for some weeks surveying the valley between the estuary of the Forth and Loch Lomond for clients: and this firm has now been instructed to prepare plans for a canal to connect the Firth of Forth with the Firth of Clyde. The plans will be prepared forthwith, and they will bo lodged in November for the purpose of securing Parliamentary powers for the scheme. The route the engineers state the proposed canal will take is from Alloa, on the eastern side, where it will pass to the north of the links of the Forth and to the northward of the town of Stirling. Passing along the valley of the Forth near Kippen, a deep cutting will take the canal into Loch Lomond, near Buchanan Castle. The navigation will then be on Loch Lomond to Tarbet, and another deep cutting will take the canal to Loch Long, which will be the outlet on the west. Loch Long is an arm of the sea providing a safe anchorage, and navigable by all classes of vessels. The actual distances of the canal are as follows:- from Alloa to Loch Lomond, 28 miles; Loch Lomond to Tarbet, 14 miles: and Tarbet to Arrochar, 1.75 miles. Arrochar is at the head of Loch Long, and lies 15 miles from the Clyde. The actual cutting extends to 29 miles, and the chief engineering difficulties will be encountered near Loch Lomond, where a very deep cutting will be required, and again at the narrow neck between Loch Lomond and Loch Long. The surface of Loch Lomond is 22 feet above the mean sea-level, but the land on the strip between Loch Lomond and Loch Long rises to a maximum height of 130 feet above mean sea-level. The canal, if carried out, would shorten the passage by 529 miles between the Clyde and East Coast ports. [Building News 3 July 1903 page 8] | Alternative Names| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | | Name | Current name? | Notes |  | National Canal | | |
Building Type Classification| The building is classified under the following categories: | | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Canal | | |
Events| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1903 | | Feasibility study drawn up | |
PeopleDesign and Construction| The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | Charles Alexander Stevenson | | | 1903 | | | | D & C Stevenson | | | 1903 | | | | David Alan Stevenson | | | 1903 | | |
ReferencesPeriodical References| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Building News | 3 July 1903 | | | p8 |
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