St Rollox Canal Junction [Canal]
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St Rollox Canal Junction [Canal]Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the St Rollox Canal.Description
The St Rollox Canal opened north from the Cut of Junction in 1824. It was a narrow canal, only the width of a barge, so works along the route had their own berths. North of the junction and on the east side was the berth of the Glasgow Iron Works. Immediately to the north the canal passed under Garngad Road (now Royston Road) to reach further works.
The layout of the junction meant that it would have required a very hard turn to go west, towards the Forth and Clyde Canal. It was aligned with the Cut of Junction as it ran south towards Townhead Basin and the Monkland Canal.
The site of the canal junction is lost, the canals being closed and filled in. It is now a football pitch for St Roch's Secondary School.
| Nearby stations Glasgow (Townhead) St Rollox [2nd] High Street Garngad College [1st] Buchanan Street Barnhill Glasgow Queen Street High Level Glasgow Queen Street Low Level Gallowgate Buchanan Street [Subway] Bellgrove Glasgow Cross Gallowgate Central Springburn | Provan Hall Coal Depot [Canal] Glasgow Iron Works St Rollox Cotton Mill Bredesholm Coal Depot [Canal] Caledonian Pottery St Rollox Basin St Rollox Saw Mills St Rollox Foundry St Rollox Chemical Works Townhead Basin Castle Street Coal Depot Clyde Bottle Works St Rollox Flax Mills Inchbelly Works Tourist/other Inchbelly Level Crossing |
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