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000 LUCS D0101 Contour canal proposals

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Diagram in Robert Stevenson's 1817 "Report relative to a line of canal upon one level between the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow to form a junction with the Forth and Clyde Canal at lock No 20." This shows his proposals for a contour canal between Edinburgh and Glasgow together with other such proposals by Hugh Baird and John Rennie. The Union Canal is Hugh Baird's proposal.