Heritage

Own a piece of unique Scottish Industrial Heritage!

Find out more about the challenges faced by the great engineers and their world-class innovations - resulting in this great coast-to-coast waterway.

Find out how "Britain's most beautiful shortcut" was built and discover its Victorian heyday.

Follow the history of the canal that was designed to provide an important commercial route from the Forth estuary in the East to the Clyde in the West.

Discover the story of this great contour canal - with its trailblazing engineering solutions to link Edinburgh to the Forth & Clyde Canal, it was one of the last great feats of the canal-building era.

The Monkland's history will give you a fascinating insight into the extraordinary industrialisation of the Lanarkshire hills and the entrepreneurial spirit of 18th-century Glasgow.

Find out more about the history, design and engineering behind the world's only rotating boat lift.