The Caledonian Canal
Cameron, A. D. (Alexander Durand), 1924-1994
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Telford's plan, to connect Loch Ness, Loch Oich and Loch Lochy with each other and the sea, was a huge undertaking which brought civil engineering to the Highlands on a heroic scale. Deep in the Highlands, far from the canal network of England, engineers forged their way through the Great Glen to construct the biggest canal of its day: twenty-two miles of artificial cutting and no fewer than twenty-eight locks
Main title:
The Caledonian Canal / A.D. Cameron.
Author:
Edition:
3rd edition.
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Canongate Academic, 1994.
Collation:
ix, 166 pages : illustrations facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Previous ed.: 1983.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
18984103729781898410379
Dewey class:
386.460941175SCOTLAND386.470941175386.47386.454121914.11
Local class:
386.4709411386A38 (CAM)
Language:
English
Index terms:
CANALSTELFORD,ThomasGREAT GLENHIGHLANDS (Scotland)
BRN:
509389