Hugh Baird (engineer)
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Hugh Baird was a Scottish civil engineer, who designed and oversaw the building of the Union Canal.
Ratho Basin, on the Union Canal
Avon Aqueduct
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The Avon Aqueduct is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Union Canal over the River Avon, near Linlithgow, Scotland.
Hugh Baird (engineer)
…canal had only one flight of locks, at Falkirk (since replaced by the Falkirk Wheel), it was necessary to construct three substantial aqueducts; the Avon Aqueduct, the Almond Aqueduct and the Slateford Aqueduct. These were designed by Baird with Telford's advice, and are modelled on Telford's Chirk Aqueduct on…
Bridge across the River Avon
A boat on the aqueduct
The view from the towpath