Crinan Canal

The Crinan Canal is a canal in the west of Scotland. The 14 km (9 miles) long canal cuts through Knapdale north of Kintyre peninsula and connects the Jura Sound in the west with hole Gilp, a small tributary of the Firth of Clyde, to the east. The canal begins in the east in the village of Ardrishaig and initially runs parallel to the sea to the north. He then branches off to the northwest, happened at Cairnbaan the highest point and terminates near the eponymous village of Crinan. The height difference is overcome by a total of 15 locks.

The construction of the senior John Rennie designed channel began in 1794 and lasted until 1801. Several problems, however, made ​​a conversion by Thomas Telford in 1816 required. The Crinan Canal was an important complement to the more northerly Caledonian Canal because such a long detour around the Kintyre Peninsula and the Mull of Kintyre has been avoided in the 19th century.