Stone piers in the canal near Firhill Basin
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Stone piers in the canal near Firhill Basin
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 25 Jun 2019
I had taken these to be old bridge piers, but the 1950 OS map calls them "safety gates", allowing the gap between them to be filled quickly in the event of the canal being breached, see also Image
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Image Location
Latitude
55.881258
Longitude
-4.26759