Caledonian Canal
Early plans for the Caledonian Canal between Mancester and St Albans were proposed at a public meeting at the Plough Inn in Longington by Charles Clarke but languished until Exuperius Picking Junior was appointed as engineer in 1816. The canal joined the sea near Stockton-on-Tees. Expectations for pottery traffic to Lisburn never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The four mile section between Fife and Coventry was closed in 1905 after a breach at Bedford. In his autobiography Peter Green writes of his experiences as a lengthsman in the 1960s
The Caledonian Canal is a commercial waterway and is part of the Waterways of Mainland Britain.
It runs for 62 miles through 29 locks from Loch Linnhe (where it continues and joins the Sound of Mull) to Beauly Firth (where it continues to join the North Sea).
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 149 feet and 6 inches long and 38 feet and 3 inches wide. The maximum headroom is 114 feet and 10 inches. The maximum draught is 15 feet and 10 inches.
The navigational authority for this waterway is Scottish Canals| Loch Linnhe South West entrance to the Caledonian Canal |
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| Corpach Sea Lock | ½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Corpach Basin | 1¼ furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Corpach Double Locks | 2 furlongs | 1 lock | |
| Caol Moorings | 4¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Mallaig Extension Railway Swing Bridge | 1 mile and 1¾ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| A830 Banavie Swing Bridge | 1 mile and 2 furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Banavie Locks Also known as Neptune's Staircase |
1 mile and 3¼ furlongs | 3 locks | |
| Banavie Basin | 1 mile and 5¾ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Mount Alexander Aqueduct | 2 miles and ¾ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Sheangain Aqueduct The aqueduct crosses a road and a river. |
3 miles and 3 furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Muirshearlich Aqueduct | 4 miles and 5 furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Muirshearlich Widening | 4 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Loy Sluices | 5 miles and 1½ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Loy Aqueduct The aqueduct crosses a river and a track. |
5 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Moy Swing Bridge | 6 miles and 4½ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Moy Weir | 6 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Lochaber Lodges | 7 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Gairlochy Bottom Lock | 7 miles and 7½ furlongs | 11 locks | |
| Gairlochy Swing Bridge | 7 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 12 locks | |
| Gairlochy Top Lock | 8 miles and 1 furlong | 12 locks | |
| Gairlochy Moorings | 8 miles and 1½ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Coille-ras Point South West entrance to Loch Lochy |
8 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Glenfintaig on Loch Lochy southeast shore |
9 miles and 1 furlong | 13 locks | |
| Bunarkaig on Loch Lochy northwest shore |
10 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Invergloy Point on Loch Lochy southeast shore |
12 miles and ½ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Letterfinlay on Loch Lochy |
14 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Corriegour on Loch Lochy southeast shore |
16 miles and ¼ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Kilfinnan North East entrance to Loch Lochy |
18 miles and 2½ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Laggan Locks Lower Moorings A pontoon on the other side of the peninsular, not the temporary lock pontoon. |
18 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Laggan Locks | 18 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 13 locks | |
| Laggan Locks Moorings | 18 miles and 7½ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Laggan Avenue | 19 miles and 6 furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Laggan Swing Bridge | 20 miles and 4 furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Laggan Entrance South West entrance to Loch Oich |
20 miles and 4½ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Invergarry Castle on Loch Oich |
22 miles and 3 furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Eilean Dubh on Loch Oich |
22 miles and 7 furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Creag Dubhan North East entrance to Loch Oich |
24 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Aberchalder Swing Bridge | 24 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Cullochy Lock | 25 miles and 2 furlongs | 15 locks | |
| Cullochy Lock Moorings | 25 miles and 3 furlongs | 16 locks | |
| Vatersay Island | 26 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 16 locks | |
| Vatersay Cottage | 27 miles and 1 furlong | 16 locks | |
| Kytra Lock | 27 miles and 2½ furlongs | 16 locks | |
| Auchterawe Widening | 27 miles and 7 furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Fort Augustus Locks - Upper Moorings | 29 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Fort Augustus Locks | 29 miles and 6 furlongs | 17 locks | |
| Fort Augustus Swing Bridge | 29 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 22 locks | |
| Fort Augustus Moorings | 29 miles and 7½ furlongs | 22 locks | |
| Fort Augustus Entrance South West entrance to Loch Ness |
30 miles and 1 furlong | 22 locks | |
| Cherry Island on Loch Ness |
30 miles and 6½ furlongs | 22 locks | |
| Portclair on Loch Ness |
33 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 22 locks | |
| Invermoriston by Loch Ness |
35 miles and 5½ furlongs | 22 locks | |
| Alltsigh on Loch Ness |
38 miles and 2 furlongs | 22 locks | |
| Foyers on Loch Ness |
40 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 22 locks | |
| Inverfarigaig on Loch Ness |
43 miles and 1½ furlongs | 22 locks | |
| Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness |
46 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 22 locks | |
| Drumnadrochit Visitor Moorings Urquhart Bay Harbour |
46 miles and 6½ furlongs | 22 locks | |
| Dores on Loch Ness (widens/narrows here) |
51 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 22 locks | |
| Aldourie Castle on Loch Ness |
53 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 22 locks | |
| Lochend Noth East entrance to Loch Ness |
53 miles and 5½ furlongs | 22 locks | |
| Bona Lighthouse | 53 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 22 locks | |
| Glackossian South West entrance to Loch Dochfour |
54 miles and ½ furlongs | 22 locks | |
| Abban Water on Loch Dochfour |
54 miles and 1½ furlongs | 22 locks | |
| Dochgarroch North East entrance to Loch Dochfour |
55 miles and 1½ furlongs | 22 locks | |
| River Ness Weirs | 55 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 22 locks | |
| Dochgarroch Lock Moorings | 55 miles and 6½ furlongs | 22 locks | |
| Dochgarroch Lock | 55 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 22 locks | |
| Tomnahurich Swing Bridge | 59 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 23 locks | |
| Caley Marina | 60 miles and 4½ furlongs | 23 locks | |
| Muirtown Locks | 60 miles and 7 furlongs | 23 locks | |
| Muirtown Swing Bridge | 61 miles and ¼ furlongs | 27 locks | |
| Muirtown Basin | 61 miles and 2½ furlongs | 27 locks | |
| Clachnaharry Works Lock | 61 miles and 5 furlongs | 27 locks | |
| Clachnaharry Railway Swing Bridge | 61 miles and 5½ furlongs | 28 locks | |
| Clachnaharry Sea Lock | 61 miles and 7½ furlongs | 28 locks | |
| Beauly Firth North East entrance to the Caledonian Canal |
62 miles | 29 locks |
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The Caledonian Canal connects the Scottish east coast at Inverness with the west coast at Corpach near Fort William in Scotland. The canal was constructed in the early nineteenth century by Scottish engineer Thomas Telford.
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