Cart Street
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Cart Street by Richard Sutcliffe as part of the Geograph project.
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Cart Street
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe Taken: 21 Jan 2022
This street is a reminder of a former, long-lost canal https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=15&lat=55.89827&lon=-4.40014&layers=5&b=1. The road follows part of the original line of the Forth and Cart Canal. The canal was built to link the River Cart, just across the River Clyde with the Forth and Clyde Canal and to give access for goods from Paisley via the canals to Edinburgh in the east. Opened in 1840 the canal ran for half a mile, joining the Forth and Clyde Canal at Whitecrook. It was never very successful and closed in 1893. See https://canmore.org.uk/site/368255/forth-and-cart-canal for more information.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.897574
Longitude
-4.402429