Hillhead Basin of the Forth and Clyde Canal
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Hillhead Basin of the Forth and Clyde Canal by Alec MacKinnon as part of the Geograph project.
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Hillhead Basin of the Forth and Clyde Canal
Image: © Alec MacKinnon Taken: 12 Apr 2019
The canal basin sits next to the Hillhead Bridge (e.g. Image), seen centre left in this picture with a big blue sign saying "Hillhead Basin". From the Canmore database of historic sites we learn that this was originally Kirkintilloch Harbour, dating from the 18th century: https://canmore.org.uk/site/168463/forth-and-clyde-canal-kirkintilloch-harbour
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Image Location
Latitude
55.941504
Longitude
-4.150688