Almondell Aqueduct
Coordinates: 55 ° 54 '4 " N , 3 ° 27' 46" W.
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| use | Canal bridge | |
| Convicted | Tributary of the Union Canal | |
| Subjugated | Almond | |
| construction | Arch bridge | |
| overall length | 25th | |
| width | 1.8 | |
| Number of openings | 1 | |
| Arrow height | 3.55 | |
| start of building | 1821 | |
| completion | 1822 | |
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The Almondell Aqueduct is a canal bridge in the Scottish council area of West Lothian . In 1971 the building was included in the Scottish List of Monuments in the highest category A. It is also classified as a Scheduled Monument . The canal bridge is not to be confused with the Almond Aqueduct at Broxburn . The Almondell Bridge , which is also listed, spans the river 500 m downstream .
description
The canal bridge is about two kilometers east of the city of Livingston and was built between 1821 and 1822 to a design by the engineer Hugh Baird and led one of the main water supply routes of the Union Canal over the Almond . He fed himself from the Cobbinshaw Reservoir . It is a 25 m long steel bridge with an overhead arch, a width of 1.8 m and an arrow height of 3.55 m. Next to the 91 cm deep water channel, which is lined with 1.6 cm thick cast iron plates, there is a pedestrian path.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Entry on Almondell Aqueduct in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
Web links
- Entry on Almondell Aqueduct in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database