Mill Canal (New Lanark)
The New Lanark Mill Canal is a mill canal to supply the mills of the Scottish industrial settlement New Lanark in the Council Area South Lanarkshire . In 1993 the structure was included in the Scottish List of Monuments in the highest monument category A. It is also part of the New Lanark World Heritage Site .
history
In the mid-1780s, David Dale and his successor Robert Owen had the New Lanark wool mill complex expanded considerably. In order to drive the mills, which were at times the largest water-powered complex in Great Britain, the establishment of a mill channel was necessary. The canal, which was driven around 1785, has been revised several times over the centuries. The water wheels from the individual mills were removed in the 1930s. In 1994 the canal was repaired.
description
Above the Corra Linn waterfalls, the water is taken from the Clyde . A tunnel about 230 m long and 3.7 m in diameter leads the water to the canal from the east. It emerges from an opening with a segment arch near the former workshops . The canal is 6.7 m wide and 1.8 m deep. It bends several times over the site and flows back into the Clyde at the Water Houses . The mill canal leads past all three mills, which once got their mechanical drive from the canal via water wheels. The New Lanark School is also on the left and the New Institution for the Formation of Character on the right of the canal. Originally the canal walls were made of carved stone. Brick was also used in the restored sections .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Web links
- Entry on Mühlkanal in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
Coordinates: 55 ° 39 '46 " N , 3 ° 46' 48.8" W.