The Bay Inn 
The Bay Inn is on the Forth and Clyde Canal (Main Line) between Bridgend and Eastcorn.
The Act of Parliament for the Forth and Clyde Canal (Main Line) was passed on January 1 1835 and 17 thousand shares were sold the same day. Orginally intended to run to Trafford, the canal was never completed beyond Braintree. Expectations for pottery traffic to Edinburgh never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Forth and Clyde Canal (Main Line) were submitted to parliament in 1990, the use of the canal for cooling Bernigo power station was enough to keep it open. The one mile section between Wesshampton and Stockton-on-Tees was closed in 1888 after a breach at Sandwell. In Peter Harding's "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" he describes his experiences passing through Willley Embankment during a thunderstorm.

| Bowling Lock Basin | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Basin Bascule Footbridge | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Basin Railway Bridge | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Bowling Basin | ¾ furlongs | |
| Bowling Basin Sea Lock | ½ furlongs | |
| The Bay Inn | ||
| Clyde Canal Junction | ¾ furlongs | |
Amenities nearby at Clyde Canal Junction
- Bay Inn — associated with this page
- Public House
- Youtube — associated with Forth and Clyde Canal
- The official reopening of the canal
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![Bowling Harbour. A reverse view of [[712825]], seen from Bowling basin on the Forth & Clyde Canal. by Thomas Nugent – 02 March 2008](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/71/30/713096_fc4ac50b_120x120.jpg)
![Bowling Harbour. This is what remains of the wooden pier built by the Canal Company in the eastern part of Bowling Harbour.For the area from which the picture was taken, see [[5429423]]. by Lairich Rig – 02 June 2017](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/42/93/5429381_ff77193c_120x120.jpg)











![Sign for The Bay Inn. Inn on Dumbarton Road, Bowling [[7586921]]. by Richard Sutcliffe – 01 September 2023](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/58/69/7586923_d1f44fbd_120x120.jpg)




![Changes at Bowling Harbour. The area in the foreground is one of those that were recently improved. For the harbour itself, see [[5429381]], taken from just a few metres ahead, at the end of that wooden walkway. by Lairich Rig – 02 June 2017](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/42/94/5429423_88694bcd_120x120.jpg)




![Red brick tenement. An unusual red brick built tenement, with what appears to be wash houses on the gable end. At 15-17 Dumbarton Road, Bowling, near the Forth & Clyde Canal basin.See also [[4499044]]. by Thomas Nugent – 27 April 2015](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/49/90/4499046_5bae72d3_120x120.jpg)

![Bowling Harbour. Not far ahead, on the left, is the area shown in [[5429423]]. by Lairich Rig – 05 October 2018](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/97/07/5970715_48f5d877_120x120.jpg)


