The archway below the stable is a bank opening, which allowed goods to move through the canal bank to and from the quay on the canal itself.
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@thisismyglasgow.bsky.socialThe archway below the stable is a bank opening, which allowed goods to move through the canal bank to and from the quay on the canal itself.
@thisismyglasgow.bsky.socialThese provided fresh horses at regular intervals for Swifts (fast passenger boats travelling the length of the canal). Other similar stables can be found at Shirva, Crainmarloch and Easter Cadder near Kirkintilloch.
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@thisismyglasgow.bsky.socialLambhill Stables on the Forth and Clyde Canal in Glasgow. This was one of a number stables built to the same classical design (similar to that used for Canal House at Speirs Wharf) along the canal in the early 1800s.
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