Almond Aqueduct

Almond Aqueduct

The Almond Aqueduct (gbmapping|NT104706) is an aqueduct in West Lothian, Scotland, UK, west of Ratho. It carries the Union Canal 75 feet above the River Almond. It can be reached by car and by cyclists on the Union Canal path.

ee also

*List of canal aqueducts in Great Britain

External links

* [http://www.rls.org.uk/database/results.php?field=what&searchterm=%22Almond+Aqueduct%22&searchdb=scran Royal Commission: images of Almond Aqueduct]

* [http://www.waterscape.com/in-your-area/lowlands/places-to-go/13/almond-aqueduct British Waterways' Waterscape site, page on Almond Aqueduct]

* [http://www.scottishgeology.com/findoutmore/rigs_in_scotland/posters_pdfs/UnionCanalWLothian.pdf Lothian & Borders RIGS (Regionally Important Geological Sites) group at British Geological Survey]

* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/790678 GEOGRAPH image 790678, Almond Aqueduct]
* [http://www2.mihalis.net/canal/cgi-bin/gazette.cgi?where=$orbv Location map of Almond Aqueduct]
* [http://www.henniker.org.uk/html/local5.htm Dave Henniker's photos of the Almond Aqueduct]


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