Bowling Upper Basin
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Bowling Upper BasinDescription
This basin, which does not in fact have a higher water level than the main Bowling Canal Basin, was built on a diversion of the Forth and Clyde Canal which was needed when the Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway was opened in 1896. The original course of the canal was to the south. This basin provided a location for westbound vessels to await the opening of the Bowling Swing Bridge. The original lock 38, which had been at the east end of the main basin, was replaced with a new lock at the east end of the new secondary basin.
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Canal Basin
| Nearby stations Bowling [CR] Bowling Old Kilpatrick Kilpatrick Bishopton Dalmuir Dalmuir [1st] Dalmuir Riverside Dumbarton East Rockbank Georgetown [NFF] Northbrae Singer South Crook Kilbowie | Lock 38 [FCC] Bowling Basin Sidings [CR] Bowling Canal Basin Bowling Swing Bridge Bowling Basin Sidings [NB] Bowling Basin Shipyard Lock 39 [FCC] Lock 40 [FCC] Bowling Harbour Sidings Bowling Harbour Bowling Harbour Signal Box Frisky Wharf Tourist/other Bowling Pier Bowling Basin Signal Box Frisky Hall |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
