Twechar Swing Bridge
Location type
BridgeName and dates
Twechar Swing BridgeOpened on the Bairds of Gartshore's Railway.
| Nearby stations Twechar Kilsyth (Old) Kilsyth (New) Croy Colzium Kirkintilloch [2nd] Milton of Campsie Back O Loch Halt Dullator Woodley Bridgend [M and K] Kirkintilloch Basin Kirkintilloch [1st] Lenzie Bedlay Halt | Twechar Shed and Works Twechar Coke Ovens Gartshore Colliery Pit No 10 Twechar Colliery Pit No 1 Twechar Colliery Pit No 2 Coal Pit St Flannans Colliery Gartshore Coal Pit No 2 Gartshore No 1 Colliery Gartshore Coke Ovens Gartshore Pits No 5 and 6 Gartshore No 12 Colliery Tourist/other Twechar Signal Box [Bairds] Twechar Colliery Pit No1 Signal Box Bar Hill Fort |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1860 | William Baird & Co
Forth and Clyde Canal
Bairds of Gartshore's Railway Open mines at Twechar, Twechar Swing Bridge laid across the Forth and Clyde Canal for the private line which ran from Kilsyth to Gartshore Loops on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. |
| / /1962 | Forth and Clyde Canal Twechar Swing Bridge, at 90 degrees to the canal, closed. |
