Crinan Canal
Dates
| / /1771 | Crinan Canal Possible route for the canal surveyed for James Watt by his son. |
| / /1792 | Crinan Canal Prospectus published. |
| / /1793 | Crinan Canal Act passed. The engineer was John Rennie. |
| / /1794 | Crinan Canal Construction begins. James Paterson is appointed as resident engineer. |
| 08/08/1801 | Crinan Canal Canal opened. The first vessel through was a fish bus to Glasgow. |
| / /1805 | Crinan Canal A canal embankment fails near Badden, just under three miles from the sea lock at Ardrishaig. A replacement alignment, of about 653 yards on a tighter curve, is opened just to the south. |
| / /1809 | Crinan Canal With government financial assistance, the feeder reservoirs network is completed. |
| / /1811 | Crinan Canal A failed reservoir embankment leads to a flash flood damaging feeders and the canal itself. |
| / /1816 | Crinan Canal Thomas Telford employed on improvements to the canal. |
| / /1847 | Crinan Canal Queen Victoria travels along the canal by the Royal Barge Sunbeam from Ardrishaig Basin to Crinan Basin where HMY Victoria and Albert was rejoined. The canal is part of what becomes known as 'The Royal Route'. |
| 02/02/1859 | Crinan Canal A failed embankment of Camloch (Reservoir) leads to damage to the canal. |
| / /1866 | Crinan Canal SS Linnet, a passenger and general cargo vessel, is built at the Clyde Bank Iron Shipyard [1st] (Cessnock Bank) in Govan for the Hutchesons and David MacBrayne for service on the canal. Dunardy Boat House [CC] built. |
| / /1929 | Crinan Canal SS Linnet withdrawn. |
| / /1930 | Crinan Canal Work to build new sealocks begins. |
| / /1932 | Crinan Canal New sealocks ready. |
