Forth and Cart Canal

Forth and Cart Canal
The confluence of the Rivers Cart and Clyde. The canal followed the course of the road to the east of Clydebank College, in the centre foreground.
Specifications
Maximum boat length	67 ft 0 in (20.42 m)
Maximum boat beam	15 ft 0 in (4.57 m)
Locks	3
Status	destroyed
History
Date of act	1836
Date of first use	1840
Date closed	1893
Geography
Connects to	Forth and Clyde Canal, River Clyde

v t e Forth and Cart Canal
Legend
Forth and Clyde Canal Footbridge Forth and Cart Canal Lock Road bridge Staircase locks (2) Footbridge River Clyde River Cart Black Cart Water  A8  road bridges White Cart Water  M8  bridge Paisley  A726  bridge Seedhill Craigs weir Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal

The Forth and Cart Canal was a short 1⁄2-mile (800-metre) link canal which provided a short cut between the Forth and Clyde Canal, at Whitecrook, and the River Clyde, opposite the mouth of the River Cart. It was intended to provide a transport link between the town of Paisley, the Firth of Forth and Port Dundas, Glasgow, without having to go via Bowling, some 7 miles (11 kilometres) downstream on the Clyde. The Forth and Cart Canal was closed in 1893. Railway works destroyed most of it soon afterwards.