Monklands and Kirkintilloch Railway
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Monklands and Kirkintilloch Railway
Image: © Robert Murray Taken: 12 Jun 2010
This is the remnants of a former railway called the Monkland and Kirkintilloch - One of Scotland's earliest railways it was authorised on 17 May 1824 and opened on 1 October 1826. Its main function was intended to be the transportation of coal from the Monklands coalfield around Old Monkland parish, but iron ore and passengers were also carried. The southern terminus was at Palacecraig on the Monkland Canal and the northern at Kirkintilloch basin on the Forth & Clyde. It was built to the Scotch gauge of 4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm).
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Image Location
Latitude
55.91943
Longitude
-4.117616