Cart (Clyde)

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Cart
Middle barrel of the cart

Middle barrel of the cart

Data
location Renfrewshire , Scotland
River system Clyde
source on the northwestern outskirts of Renfrew,
55 ° 52 ′ 59 ″  N , 4 ° 24 ′ 24 ″  W
muzzle northwest of Renfrew in the Clyde Coordinates: 55 ° 53 ′ 30 "  N , 4 ° 24 ′ 18"  W 55 ° 53 ′ 30 "  N , 4 ° 24 ′ 18"  W

length 1 km

The Cart is a short river about one kilometer in length in the Scottish council area of Renfrewshire . It is created by the confluence of the two source rivers White Cart Water and Black Cart Water northwest of the city of Renfrew . The river flows from there in a northerly direction and after a short distance flows into the Clyde . On its short course it does not flow through any lakes and does not take up any tributaries.

history

Mouth of the cart in the Clyde

In historical publications, the entire 31 km long White Cart Water is sometimes referred to as a cart. The source river rises southeast in East Renfrewshire and flows through the cities of Glasgow and Paisley on its course . In 1753 efforts were made to make the cart (including the lower reaches of the White Cart Water) navigable to Paisley. In order to acquire the necessary financial means, the production and sale of beer in Paisley as well as the importation into the city were taxed at two pence per pint . Based on the expected proceeds, a loan of £ 3000 was provided. The aim was to lower the cart, the water level of which is dependent on the tide, to a minimum depth of seven feet at high tide to Paisley, in order to improve the transport of goods in the city.

Mouth of the cart in the Clyde. The remains of the Forth and Cart Canal are difficult to see. It ended roughly in the center of the picture, to the right of the entrance to the harbor basin in the Clyde.

In 1836 it was decided to build the Forth and Cart Canal . This was to connect the Forth and Clyde Canal , opened in 1790, which runs parallel to the Clyde from Glasgow on the north bank and joins the Clyde at Bowling , opposite the Cart mouth with the Clyde, thus providing a direct link between the Cart and the Forth and Clyde Canal via the Allow Clyde. It was decided to go ahead in 1836 and the Forth and Cart Canal was finally completed in 1840. The canal was closed again at the end of the 19th century and is now only preserved in fragments.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  2. ↑ J. Priestley: Historical Account of the Navigable Rivers, Canals, and Railways of Great Britain , London, 1831, pp. 144-146.
  3. ↑ J. Laurie, A. Balbi: System of universal geography , A. & C. Black, 1841, p. 278.
  4. ↑ DL Costa (Ed.), NR Lamoreaux (Ed.): Understanding Long-Run Economic Growth: Geography, Institutions, and the Knowledge Economy , Univ. of Chicago Press, 2011, pp. 187. ISBN 0-226-11634-4

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