Entrance to Heritage Path
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Entrance to Heritage Path
Image: © Texas Radio and The Big Beat Taken: 15 Sep 2012
The small rectangular sign reads; "Heritage Path River Kelvin Walkway The walkway follows an old mineral railway which formed part of an extensive system of lines that connected the Twechar pits, Dumbreck pit, Kilsyth, Auchinstarry quarry and several gravel pits. Small railway engines called pugs hauled trains of tubs containing coal, ironstone, mine waste, quarry stone, coke and gravel. Built in stages from the 1860's it was used until the 1960's."
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Image Location
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Latitude
55.960693
Longitude
-4.085264