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Inverarnan Canal
Inverarnan Canal
Specifications
Locks	0
Status	Mostly intact
History
Principal engineer	Mr Ferrier
Date of first use	1843-4
Date closed	Circa 1866 or 1870s
Geography
Start point	River Falloch
End point	Drovers Inn

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The Inverarnan Canal was a short length of canal terminating at Garbal, close to the hamlet of Inverarnan, Scotland. This waterway once linked the old coaching inn, now the Drovers Inn, at Inverarnan, on the Allt Arnan Burn (a tributary of the Falloch) to the River Falloch and passengers could continue southward to Loch Lomond and finally to Balloch. From Inverarnan stagecoaches ran to various destinations in the north of Scotland.

History

The hamlet of Inverarnan with its 300-year-old inn lies in the council area of Stirling, Scotland, on the A82 road, 2.5 km south of the hamlet of Ardlui, Argyll and Bute at the head of Loch Lomond (into which the River Falloch flows), and about 10 km SW of Crianlarich.

The canal was privately built with the support of steamship owners Mr David Napier and Mr John McMurrick^[2] in order to permit steamers to avoid the sometimes shallow water, gravel banks and bends of the River Falloch's course to the head of Loch Lomond and also to allow convenient travel directly to Inverarnan, which was a stagecoach stop and had a drovers' inn which provided refreshments, accommodation, etc.^[3]^[2]

Ransom states that the canal was dug at the expense of the Marquis of Breadalbane who also improved facilities at the inn and leased the land from Campbell of Glenfalloch.^[4]

Mails, goods and passengers were transported and stagecoaches ran at first from Inverarnan to Killin and Ballachulish, later also running to Inverness, Aberfeldy, Oban and Crieff.^[2]

Construction and infrastructure

Construction started in 1842; however due to very wet weather and severe winters with heavy snows, the canal was not completed until 1844, despite being only 530 yards or 485 metres long with no locks.^[5] The turning basin at New Garabal had a short landing stage and was only around 300 yards or 274 metres south of the inn.^[3]

A lade or channel from the Allt Arnan Burn is shown supplying the turning basin and the more recent incursion of this burn into the canal area is in this general area.^[5] Brick work is mentioned as being in good condition on the embankments,^[6] although these are no longer visible (datum 2016). It is not clear whether ships were charged for the use of the canal.^{[citation needed]}

Steamers

The Loch Lomond was the first steamboat to navigate the River Falloch and the Inverarnan Canal, and in 1844 Inverarnan and the canal were fully advertised and the regular services to the New Garabal pier at Inverarnan were fully established. The steamer Water Witch is recorded to have used the canal.^[2]^[7] It was possible at the time to reach Glasgow from Oban in a day by coach, steamer and train.^[8]

Ransom states that the first company, in which the marquis had shares, to use the canal was the 'New Lochlomond Steam Company' which used the 'Water Witch'. The steamer ran all year round although only weekly during the winter and passengers using the coach services to Killin and Fort William could claim a special reduced fare.^[9] Adverts made great play on the convenience of using the canal.^[9]

Decline

The canal water levels were too low at times, and the Garabal basin and entrance from the River Falloch were prone to the accumulation of gravel. Competition between steamer companies had always been a problem, although by 1845 the New Lochlomond Steamboat Company and the Lochlomond Steamboat Company had merged;^[10] however the opening in 1870 of the Callander and Oban Railway as far as Killin ended the through services to the north via Loch Lomond, as it was more convenient for passengers to board stagecoaches at Glenoglehead or Tyndrum.^[2]^[11] It is unclear when steamers finally ceased to travel as far as Inverarnan Harbour basin, as the general term "Head of Loch Lomond" was often used in published timetables.^[2]

Remnants

The canal itself remains intact and water filled although overhung by trees. The harbour and turning basin have been filled in with gravel deposits carried in by the Allt Arnan Burn that has broken through into it.

Route

The Inverarnan terminus (NN319182) was a boat turning circle at Garabal, close to the Inverarnan Inn (NN318184), now the Drovers Inn. From the basin the canal followed a near-straight southward course between the twisting course of the Allt Arnan Burn on the western side and the bends of the Falloch to the east. Following dredging the teamers could reach the old Garabal landing via the River Falloch when the water levels were high enough and other conditions such as current and wind speed were appropriate.^[2]^[4]

Micro history

In 1856 the Inspector of Steam Vessels decreed that an 'on site' dry dock or slip was required for the appropriate maintenance of Loch Lomond's steamers^[12] and a start was made the same year on a dry dock at the canal basin on the Inverarnan Canal.^[1] Land at the right price and at a suitable location may have influenced this unlikely choice; however after a month or two's work the plan was scrapped and Luss was chosen instead.^[13]

The canal was the only canal ever built in the historic Breadalbane area.^[5] The quarter of a mile long Inchfad Canal was built on the Loch Lomond island of that name in the 19th century to serve the distillery that had been legally established there.^[14]

In 1880–81 a bridge across the River Falloch near Ardlui was planned and construction started; however a group led by the Earl of Breadalbane and others was able to stop the work on the grounds that it would prevent the Loch Lomond Steamboat Company's vessels from travelling up the Falloch to Inverarnan, even though regular services had ceased a decade or so before. The unfinished bridge is still recognisable as two large stone pillars.^[2]^[11]

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b Many a Slip ..., p.3
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Arrochar & Tarbert Heritage Site
^ ^a ^b Secret Scotland - Lost Canals
^ ^a ^b Ransom, p.97
^ ^a ^b ^c Canmore 123424
^ Graham, pg. 35
^ The Loch Lomond Steamers
^ Thomas
^ ^a ^b Ransom, p.98
^ Ransom, p.99
^ ^a ^b Ransom, p.103
^ Many a Slip ..., p.2
^ Many a Slip ..., p.4
^ Ransom, p.53

Sources

Graham, Duncan (2011). Sunset on the Clyde. Neil Wilson Publishing Ltd.
Historic Environment Scotland. "Inverman Canal (123424)". Canmore.
Many a Slip... The Balloch Steam Slipway. Pub. by The Loch Lomond Steamship Company.
Ransom, P.J.G. (2004). Loch Lomond and the Trossachs in History and Legend. Edinburgh : John Donald Pub. ISBN 0-85976-586-5.
Thomas, David St John (1984). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Volume 6, Scotland, the Lowlands and the Borders'Newton Abbot : David and Charles. ISBN 0-946537-12-7.

External links

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[Many_a_Slip_...,_p.3-1] Many a Slip ..., p.3

[ATHS-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Arrochar & Tarbert Heritage Site

[SSLC-3] Secret Scotland - Lost Canals

[Ransom,_p.97-4] Ransom, p.97

[Canmore123424-5] Canmore 123424

[6] Graham, pg. 35

[7] The Loch Lomond Steamers

[8] Thomas

[Ransom,_p.98-9] Ransom, p.98

[10] Ransom, p.99

[Ransom,_p.103-11] Ransom, p.103

[12] Many a Slip ..., p.2

[13] Many a Slip ..., p.4

[14] Ransom, p.53

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 [[File:Inverarnan Canal from the southern side , Stirling, Scotland.jpg|left|thumb|250px|A view of the canal near the basin.]]
 [[File:Inverarnan Canal dam and sluice from the northern side near the Garabal Basin, Stirling, Scotland.jpg|thumb|250px|Detail of the canal bank construction.]]
-The hamlet of [[Inverarnan]] with its 300-year-old inn lies in the council area of [[Stirling (council area)|Stirling]], [[Scotland]], on the A82 road, 2.5 km north of the hamlet of [[Ardlui]], [[Argyll and Bute]] at the head of [[Loch Lomond]] (into which the River Falloch flows), and about 10 km SW of [[Crianlarich]].
+The hamlet of [[Inverarnan]] with its 300-year-old inn lies in the council area of [[Stirling (council area)|Stirling]], [[Scotland]], on the A82 road, 2.5&nbsp;km south of the hamlet of [[Ardlui]], [[Argyll and Bute]] at the head of [[Loch Lomond]] (into which the River Falloch flows), and about 10&nbsp;km SW of [[Crianlarich]].
-The canal was privately built with the support of steamship owners Mr David Napier and Mr John McMurrick<ref>[http://www.arrocharheritage.com/HistoryOfInverarnonCanal.htm Arrochar & Tarbert Heritage Site]</ref> in order to permit steamers to avoid the sometimes shallow water, gravel banks and bends of the River Falloch's course to the head of Loch Lomond and also to allow convenient travel directly to Inverarnan, which was a [[stagecoach]] stop and had a drovers' inn which provided refreshments, accommodation, etc.<ref>[http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/LostCanals Secret Scotland - Lost Canals]</ref><ref>[http://www.arrocharheritage.com/HistoryOfInverarnonCanal.htm Arrochar & Tarbert Heritage Site]</ref>
+The canal was privately built with the support of steamship owners Mr David Napier and Mr John McMurrick<ref name=ATHS>[http://www.arrocharheritage.com/HistoryOfInverarnonCanal.htm Arrochar & Tarbert Heritage Site]</ref> in order to permit steamers to avoid the sometimes shallow water, gravel banks and bends of the River Falloch's course to the head of Loch Lomond and also to allow convenient travel directly to Inverarnan, which was a [[stagecoach]] stop and had a drovers' inn which provided refreshments, accommodation, etc.<ref name=SSLC>[http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/LostCanals Secret Scotland - Lost Canals]</ref><ref name=ATHS/>
-Ransom states that the canal was dug at the expense of the [[Gavin Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane|Marquis of Breadalbane]] who also improved facilities at the inn and leased the land from Campbell of Glenfalloch.<ref>Ransom, p.97</ref>
+Ransom states that the canal was dug at the expense of the [[Gavin Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane|Marquis of Breadalbane]] who also improved facilities at the inn and leased the land from Campbell of Glenfalloch.<ref name="Ransom, p.97">Ransom, p.97</ref>
-Mails, goods and passengers were transported and stagecoaches ran at first from Inverarnan to [[Killin]] and [[Ballachulish]], later also running to [[Inverness]], [[Aberfeldy, Scotland|Aberfeldy]], [[Oban]] and [[Crieff]].<ref>[http://www.arrocharheritage.com/HistoryOfInverarnonCanal.htm Arrochar & Tarbert Heritage Site]</ref>
+Mails, goods and passengers were transported and stagecoaches ran at first from Inverarnan to [[Killin]] and [[Ballachulish]], later also running to [[Inverness]], [[Aberfeldy, Scotland|Aberfeldy]], [[Oban]] and [[Crieff]].<ref name=ATHS/>
 ==Construction and infrastructure==
-Construction started in 1842; however due to very wet weather and severe winters with heavy snows, the canal was not completed until 1844, despite being only 530 yards or 485 metres long with no locks.<ref>[https://canmore.org.uk/site/123424/inverarnan-canal Canmore Inverarnan Canal site]</ref> The turning basin had a short landing stage and was only around 300 yards or 274 metres south of the inn.<ref>[http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/LostCanals Secret Scotland - Lost Canals]</ref> A lade or channel from the Allt Arnan Burn is shown supplying the turning basin and the more recent incursion of this burn into the canal area is in this general area.<ref>[https://canmore.org.uk/site/123424/inverarnan-canal Canmore Inverarnan Canal site]</ref> Brick work is mentioned as being in good condition on the embankments.<ref>Graham, p.35</ref> It is not clear whether ships were charged for the using the canal.
+Construction started in 1842; however due to very wet weather and severe winters with heavy snows, the canal was not completed until 1844, despite being only 530 yards or 485 metres long with no locks.<ref name=Canmore123424>Canmore 123424</ref> The turning basin at New Garabal had a short landing stage and was only around 300 yards or 274 metres south of the inn.<ref name=SSLC/>
+A lade or channel from the Allt Arnan Burn is shown supplying the turning basin and the more recent incursion of this burn into the canal area is in this general area.<ref name=Canmore123424/> Brick work is mentioned as being in good condition on the embankments,<ref>Graham, pg. 35</ref> although these are no longer visible (datum 2016). It is not clear whether ships were charged for the use of the canal.{{cn|date=August 2022}}
 ==Steamers==
 [[File:The Drover's Inn, Inverarnan - geograph.org.uk - 410531.jpg|thumb|250px|The Drovers Inn at Inverarnan.]]
-The ''Loch Lomond'' was the first steamboat to navigate the River Falloch and the Inverarnan Canal, and in 1844 Inverarnan and the canal were fully advertised and the regular services to the pier{{where|date=December 2016}} were fully established. The steamer ''Water Witch'' is recorded to have used the canal.<ref>[http://www.arrocharheritage.com/HistoryOfInverarnonCanal.htm Arrochar & Tarbert Heritage Site]</ref><ref>[http://www.valeofleven.org.uk/lochlomondsteamers.html The Loch Lomond Steamers]</ref> It was possible at the time to reach Glasgow from Oban in a day by coach, steamer and train.<ref>Thomas</ref>
+The ''Loch Lomond'' was the first steamboat to navigate the River Falloch and the Inverarnan Canal, and in 1844 Inverarnan and the canal were fully advertised and the regular services to the New Garabal pier at Inverarnan were fully established. The steamer ''Water Witch'' is recorded to have used the canal.<ref name=ATHS/><ref>[http://www.valeofleven.org.uk/lochlomondsteamers.html The Loch Lomond Steamers]</ref> It was possible at the time to reach Glasgow from Oban in a day by coach, steamer and train.<ref>Thomas</ref>
-Ransom states that the first company, in which the marquis had shares, to use the canal was the 'New Lochlomond Steam Company' which used the 'Water Witch'. The steamer ran all year round although only weekly during the winter and passengers using the coach services to [[Killin]] and [[Fort William]] could claim a special reduced fare.<ref>Ransom, p.98</ref> Adverts made great play on the convenience of using the canal.<ref>Ransom, p.98</ref>
+Ransom states that the first company, in which the marquis had shares, to use the canal was the 'New Lochlomond Steam Company' which used the 'Water Witch'. The steamer ran all year round although only weekly during the winter and passengers using the coach services to [[Killin]] and [[Fort William, Highland|Fort William]] could claim a special reduced fare.<ref name="Ransom, p.98">Ransom, p.98</ref> Adverts made great play on the convenience of using the canal.<ref name="Ransom, p.98"/>
 ==Decline==
-The canal water levels were too low at times, and the Garabal basin and entrance from the River Falloch were prone to the accumulation of gravel. Competition between steamer companies had always been a problem; however the opening in 1870 of the [[Callander and Oban Railway]] as far as [[Killin]] ended the through services to the north via Loch Lomond, as it was more convenient for passengers to board stagecoaches there at [[Killin]].<ref>[http://www.arrocharheritage.com/HistoryOfInverarnonCanal.htm Arrochar & Tarbert Heritage Site]</ref> It is unclear when steamers finally ceased to travel as far as Inverarnan Harbour basin, as the general term "Head of Loch Lomond" was often used in published timetables.<ref>[http://www.arrocharheritage.com/HistoryOfInverarnonCanal.htm Arrochar & Tarbert Heritage Site]</ref>
+The canal water levels were too low at times, and the Garabal basin and entrance from the River Falloch were prone to the accumulation of gravel. Competition between steamer companies had always been a problem, although by 1845 the New Lochlomond Steamboat Company and the Lochlomond Steamboat Company had merged;<ref>Ransom, p.99</ref> however the opening in 1870 of the [[Callander and Oban Railway]] as far as [[Killin]] ended the through services to the north via Loch Lomond, as it was more convenient for passengers to board stagecoaches at [[Glenoglehead]] or [[Tyndrum]].<ref name=ATHS/><ref name="Ransom, p.103">Ransom, p.103</ref> It is unclear when steamers finally ceased to travel as far as Inverarnan Harbour basin, as the general term "Head of Loch Lomond" was often used in published timetables.<ref name=ATHS/>
 ===Remnants===
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 ==Route==
 [[File:Garabal Basin, Inverarnan Canal, Stirling, Scotland.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The New Garabal Basin.]]
-The Inverarnan terminus (NN319182) was a boat turning circle at Garabal, close to the Inverarnan Inn (NN318184), now the Drovers Inn. From the basin the canal followed a near-straight southward course between the twisting course of the Allt Arnan Burn on the western side and the bends of the Falloch to the east. Steamers could reach the old Garabal landing via the River Falloch{{how?|date=December 2016}} when the water levels were high enough and other conditions{{clarifyme|date=December 2016}} were appropriate.<ref>[http://www.arrocharheritage.com/HistoryOfInverarnonCanal.htm Arrochar & Tarbert Heritage Site]</ref>
+The Inverarnan terminus (NN319182) was a boat turning circle at Garabal, close to the Inverarnan Inn (NN318184), now the Drovers Inn. From the basin the canal followed a near-straight southward course between the twisting course of the Allt Arnan Burn on the western side and the bends of the Falloch to the east. Following dredging the teamers could reach the old Garabal landing via the River Falloch when the water levels were high enough and other conditions such as current and wind speed were appropriate.<ref name=ATHS/><ref name="Ransom, p.97"/>
-==More history==
+==Micro history==
-In 1856 the Inspector of Steam Vessels decreed that an 'on site' dry dock or slip was required for the appropriate maintenance of Loch Lomond's steamers<ref>Many a Slip ..., p.2</ref> and a start was made the same year on a dry dock at the canal basin on the Inverarnan Canal.<ref>Many a Slip ..., p.3</ref> Land at the right price and at a suitable location may have influenced this unlikely choice; however after a month or two's work the plan was scrapped and [[Luss]] was chosen instead.<ref>Many a Slip ..., p.4</ref>
+In 1856 the Inspector of Steam Vessels decreed that an 'on site' dry dock or slip was required for the appropriate maintenance of Loch Lomond's steamers<ref>Many a Slip ..., p.2</ref> and a start was made the same year on a dry dock at the canal basin on the Inverarnan Canal.<ref name="Many a Slip ..., p.3">Many a Slip ..., p.3</ref> Land at the right price and at a suitable location may have influenced this unlikely choice; however after a month or two's work the plan was scrapped and [[Luss]] was chosen instead.<ref>Many a Slip ..., p.4</ref>
-The canal was the only canal ever built in the historic Breadalbane area.<ref>[https://canmore.org.uk/site/123424/inverarnan-canal Canmore Inverarnan Canal site]</ref>
+The canal was the only canal ever built in the historic Breadalbane area.<ref name=Canmore123424/> The quarter of a mile long [[Inchfad|Inchfad Canal]] was built on the Loch Lomond island of that name in the 19th century to serve the distillery that had been legally established there.<ref>Ransom, p.53</ref>
-In 1880–81 a bridge across the River Falloch near [[Ardlui]] was planned and construction started; however a group led by the [[Earl of Breadalbane]] and others was able to stop the work on the grounds that it would prevent the Loch Lomond Steamboat Company's vessels from travelling up the Falloch to Inverarnan, even though regular services had ceased a decade or so before. The unfinished bridge is still recognisable as two large stone pillars.<ref>[http://www.arrocharheritage.com/HistoryOfInverarnonCanal.htm Arrochar & Tarbert Heritage Site]</ref>
+In 1880–81 a bridge across the River Falloch near [[Ardlui]] was planned and construction started; however a group led by the [[Earl of Breadalbane]] and others was able to stop the work on the grounds that it would prevent the Loch Lomond Steamboat Company's vessels from travelling up the Falloch to Inverarnan, even though regular services had ceased a decade or so before. The unfinished bridge is still recognisable as two large stone pillars.<ref name=ATHS/><ref name="Ransom, p.103"/>
 ==See also==
-{{Portal|UK Waterways}}
+{{Portal|United Kingdom|Transport}}
 *[[Canals of the United Kingdom]]
 *[[History of the British canal system]]
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 ;Sources
 * Graham, Duncan (2011). ''Sunset on the Clyde''. Neil Wilson Publishing Ltd.
+*{{Canmore|num=123424|desc=Inverman Canal}}
 * ''Many a Slip... The Balloch Steam Slipway''. Pub. by The Loch Lomond Steamship Company.
-* Ransom, P.J.G. (2004). ''Loch Lomond and the Trossachs in History and Legend.'' Edinburgh : John Donald Pub. ISBN 0-85976-586-5.
+* Ransom, P.J.G. (2004). ''Loch Lomond and the Trossachs in History and Legend.'' Edinburgh : John Donald Pub. {{ISBN|0-85976-586-5}}.
-* Thomas, David St John (1984). ''A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Volume 6, Scotland, the Lowlands and the Borders'''Newton Abbot : David and Charles. ISBN 0-946537-12-7.
+* Thomas, David St John (1984). ''A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Volume 6, Scotland, the Lowlands and the Borders'''Newton Abbot : David and Charles. {{ISBN|0-946537-12-7}}.
 {{commons category|Inverarnan Canal}}
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 *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_7vJOvwEIU Video footage of the canal and coaching inn]
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-{{DEFAULTSORT:Inverarnan Canal}}
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+{{DEFAULTSORT:Inverarnan Canal}}
 [[Category:History of West Dunbartonshire]]
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