Films 23 & 24

John’s Negatives

Films 23 & 24 — 36 & 24 exposure 35mm films.

Our back garden.

00. From the bedroom window.

Forth & Clyde and Union Canals.

Monday, 1 February 1993 — Erskine Bridge then Bowling to Clydebank

01. Upstream from the Erskine Bridge.
02. Upstream from the Erskine Bridge. 03. Towards Drumchapel from the Erskine Bridge.

04. Downstream from the Erskine Bridge. 05. SS (Sludge Ship) Dalmarnock passing Bowling.
06. SS (Sludge Ship) Dalmarnock passing Bowling.

07. Outer canal basin, Bowling.
08. Outer canal basin, Bowling. 09. Forth and Clyde canal at Bowling.

Wednesday, 3 February 1993 — Dalmuir to Stockingfield Junction (Maryhill)

10. Boghouse Locks (36 - 33) near Garscadden.
11. Cloberhill Locks (32 - 28). 12. Temple Locks (27 - 26).

13. Kelvin Aqueduct leading to Maryhill Locks (25 - 21).
14. River Kelvin from the Aqueduct.
Maryhill railway station was on the left.
15. Kelvin Aqueduct from the Kelvin.

16. Looking down Maryhill Locks,
Temple gas holders in the distance.
17. Glasgow University on the skyline,
Maryhill in the foreground.

Friday, 5 February 1993 — Stockingfield Junction to Spiers Wharf. (The Glasgow Branch.)

18. The Glasgow Branch from Stockingfield Junction. 19. Rear of East Park Home, Maryhill. 20. Firhill Basin. The tower is part of Ruchill Hospital. 21. Glasgow University on the skyline
from above Garscube Road.

22. Canal maintenance base at Applecross Street. 23. Warehouses at Spiers Wharf, now flats. 24. Warehouses at Spiers Wharf, now flats.
(Cutty Sark & Long John.)

Tuesday, 9 February 1993 — Stockingfield Junction to Banknock.

25. Looking east along the Main Line from the junction. 26. Ferry Queen and barges at Glasgow Bridge,
west of Kirkintilloch.

Thursday, 11 February 1993 — Banknock to Grangemouth.

27. Wyndford Lock (20), Banknock.
28. A80 crossing the canal just north of Castlecary. 29. Reflections at Castlecary Locks (19 - 18).

30. Looking back up the locks (13 - 16) to Camelon. 31. Railway crossing west of Falkirk Grahamstown.
(Lock 8 on the left, lock 9 to the right.)

32. Present end of the canal,
cut here to allow M9 construction.
33. Spillway draining present end of the canal.

Grangemouth Docks.

34. Original Inner Harbour basin.
(Not the canal basin, that's been filled in and built on.)
35. Blocked entrance to the original canal basin. 36. River Carron.

37. Ship locking through to the Western Channel.

Union Canal.

Monday, 22 February 1993 — Falkirk to Linlithgow

00. 1057 Grahamstown - Glasgow crossing
the Forth and Clyde Canal at Lock 9.
01. Forth and Clyde Canal above Lock 16 (Camelon).
One-time connection to Union Canal on left.

02. End of the Union Canal at Greenbank. 03. Remnant of the locks which once linked
the Union and the Forth and Clyde canals.
04. Top of the one-time link between
the Union and the Forth and Clyde canals.

05. Approaching the western end of the Falkirk Tunnel.

06. Western portal of the Falkirk Tunnel.
07. Looking west from the Falkirk Tunnel. 08. Eastern portal of the Falkirk Tunnel.

09. Minor maintenance work east of Polmont. 10. Major maintenance work east of Polmont.
11. Aqueduct across the River Avon west of Linlithgow.

12. Railway arches west of Linlithgow from the Avon Aqueduct.

Tuesday, 23 February 1993 — Linlithgow to Edinburgh

13. Linlithgow Basin.
14. The canal divides West Lothian shale bings. 15. Niddry Castle east of Winchburgh.

16. Looking north-west where the M8 cuts the canal.
17. & 18. Dredging the canal to extend the navigable stretch from Ratho.

19. Looking north from the River Almond aqueduct,
concrete bridge is the M8,
faint railway arches at Newbridge.
20. Union Canal centre at Ratho.
New building and clock for the Seagull Trust. 21. New aqueduct (1985/6) to carry the canal
over the Edinburgh City By-pass

22. Union Canal aqueduct over the Water of Leith
near Craiglockhart. Edinburgh Castle in the distance.
23. End of the Union Canal at Fountainbridge. 24. First/last (lifting) bridge on the Union Canal.

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01. Upstream from the Erskine Bridge.	02. Upstream from the Erskine Bridge.	03. Towards Drumchapel from the Erskine Bridge.


04. Downstream from the Erskine Bridge.	05. SS (Sludge Ship) Dalmarnock passing Bowling.	06. SS (Sludge Ship) Dalmarnock passing Bowling.


07. Outer canal basin, Bowling.	08. Outer canal basin, Bowling.	09. Forth and Clyde canal at Bowling.


10. Boghouse Locks (36 - 33) near Garscadden.	11. Cloberhill Locks (32 - 28).	12. Temple Locks (27 - 26).


13. Kelvin Aqueduct leading to Maryhill Locks (25 - 21).	14. River Kelvin from the Aqueduct. Maryhill railway station was on the left.	15. Kelvin Aqueduct from the Kelvin.


16. Looking down Maryhill Locks, Temple gas holders in the distance.	17. Glasgow University on the skyline, Maryhill in the foreground.


18. The Glasgow Branch from Stockingfield Junction.	19. Rear of East Park Home, Maryhill.	20. Firhill Basin. The tower is part of Ruchill Hospital.	21. Glasgow University on the skyline from above Garscube Road.


22. Canal maintenance base at Applecross Street.	23. Warehouses at Spiers Wharf, now flats.	24. Warehouses at Spiers Wharf, now flats. (Cutty Sark & Long John.)


25. Looking east along the Main Line from the junction.	26. Ferry Queen and barges at Glasgow Bridge, west of Kirkintilloch.


27. Wyndford Lock (20), Banknock.	28. A80 crossing the canal just north of Castlecary.	29. Reflections at Castlecary Locks (19 - 18).


30. Looking back up the locks (13 - 16) to Camelon.	31. Railway crossing west of Falkirk Grahamstown. (Lock 8 on the left, lock 9 to the right.)


32. Present end of the canal, cut here to allow M9 construction.	33. Spillway draining present end of the canal.


34. Original Inner Harbour basin. (Not the canal basin, that's been filled in and built on.)	35. Blocked entrance to the original canal basin.	36. River Carron.


00. 1057 Grahamstown - Glasgow crossing the Forth and Clyde Canal at Lock 9.	01. Forth and Clyde Canal above Lock 16 (Camelon). One-time connection to Union Canal on left.


02. End of the Union Canal at Greenbank.	03. Remnant of the locks which once linked the Union and the Forth and Clyde canals.	04. Top of the one-time link between the Union and the Forth and Clyde canals.


06. Western portal of the Falkirk Tunnel.	07. Looking west from the Falkirk Tunnel.	08. Eastern portal of the Falkirk Tunnel.


09. Minor maintenance work east of Polmont.	10. Major maintenance work east of Polmont.	11. Aqueduct across the River Avon west of Linlithgow.


13. Linlithgow Basin.	14. The canal divides West Lothian shale bings.	15. Niddry Castle east of Winchburgh.


16. Looking north-west where the M8 cuts the canal.	17. & 18. Dredging the canal to extend the navigable stretch from Ratho.


19. Looking north from the River Almond aqueduct, concrete bridge is the M8, faint railway arches at Newbridge.	20. Union Canal centre at Ratho. New building and clock for the Seagull Trust.	21. New aqueduct (1985/6) to carry the canal over the Edinburgh City By-pass


22. Union Canal aqueduct over the Water of Leith near Craiglockhart. Edinburgh Castle in the distance.	23. End of the Union Canal at Fountainbridge.	24. First/last (lifting) bridge on the Union Canal.