Cuilhill Canal Basin
Location type
PlaceName and dates
Cuilhill Canal Basin (1843-1952)Opened on the Drumpeller Railway.
Description
This canal basin was located on the Monkland Canal at Cuilhill Gullet. From the south, it was approached by the mineral Drumpeller Railway and the location was a transshipment point.
The line approached the basin on a viaduct, the depot was located on an island on the canal.
The basin was out of use around 1900 and the canal closed in 1952.
Drumpellier is sometimes spelled Drumpellar or even Drumpeller.
Tags
Canal basin SidingsExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
07/08/2020
| Nearby stations Bargeddie [NB] Bargeddie Easterhouse Baillieston [1st] Kirkwood Langloan Blairhill Baillieston Gartcosh Gartsherrie Gartsherrie [M and K] Garrowhill Calderpark Halt Maryville Coatbridge Central | Heatheryknowe Colliery Pit No 3 Drumpeller Incline Heatheryknowe Tile Works Heatheryknowe Junction Drumpellier Pits No 3 and 4 Drumpeller Colliery Drumpellier Junction Bargeddie Bridge Braehead Viaduct Tannochside Junction Bredisholm Colliery Junction Kirkwood Signal Box Braehead Brick Works Lochwood Siding Bankhead Quarry |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Dates
| /07/1883 | Drumpeller Railway Northern part of the railway to Cuilhill Canal Basin out of use. |
