This Is My Glasgow on Nostr: This is the Falkirk Tunnel. Carved out of solid rock in the 1820s, at 630 metres long ...

This is the Falkirk Tunnel. Carved out of solid rock in the 1820s, at 630 metres long it's Scotland's longest canal tunnel. Before Scotland's first intercity train line opened between Glasgow and Edinburgh in 1842, the quickest way to get between these two cities was using the Swifts. These were canal boats pulled by teams of horses that could get you from Edinburgh to Glasgow in less than 8 hours and involved passing through this tunnel.

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