Cuilhill Canal Basin
Location type
PlaceName and dates
Cuilhill Canal Basin (1843-1952)Opened on the Drumpeller Railway.
Opened on the Monkland Canal.
Description
This canal basin was located on the Monkland Canal at Cuilhill Gullet. From the south, it was approached by the mineral Drumpeller Railway and the location was a transshipment point.
The line approached the basin on a viaduct, the depot was located on an island on the canal.
The basin was out of use around 1900 and the canal closed in 1952.
Drumpellier is sometimes spelled Drumpellar or even Drumpeller.
Robert Alexander, shipbuilder, was based at the Cuilhill Slip Docks.
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Canal basin SidingsAliases
Cuilhill Slip DocksExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Bargeddie [NB] Bargeddie Easterhouse Baillieston [1st] Kirkwood Langloan Blairhill Baillieston Gartcosh Gartsherrie Gartsherrie [GGR] Gartsherrie [M and K] Garrowhill Calderpark Halt Maryville | Heatheryknowe Colliery Pit No 3 Coal Pit Coal Pit Drumpeller Incline Bartonshill Colliery Pit No 1 Bargeddie Colliery Heatheryknowe Tile Works Heatheryknowe Junction Drumpellier Colliery Pits No 3 and 4 Bartonshill Colliery Pit No 2 Drumpeller Colliery Drumpark Colliery Drumpellier Junction Bargeddie Brick Works Bargeddie Bridge |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| /07/1883 | Drumpeller Railway Northern part of the railway to Cuilhill Canal Basin out of use. |
