Designed by Thomas Telford, Caledonian Canal threads together four lochs to create a through route between the Atlantic and the North Sea along the Great Glen of Scotland. In this webinar, Scottish Canals Heritage Manager, Chris O'Connell, will tell us how it got built and has endured to become a much-loved feature of the Highland landscape.
This is a joint event hosted by CILT/CIHT/ICE Scotland.
Designed by Thomas Telford, Caledonian Canal threads together four lochs to create a through route between the Atlantic and the North Sea along the Great Glen of Scotland. Seen as the great levelling-up project of its age when it opened in October 1822, it never fulfilled commercial expectations but played a key role in wartime and is today a vital part of Scotland's tourism offer, enabling visitors to experience the heart of the Highlands. There are 29 locks (including 8 at Neptune’s Staircase), 4 aqueducts and 10 bridges along the 100 km length of the Caledonian Canal.
Scottish Canals Heritage Manager, Chris O'Connell, tells us how it got built and has endured to become a much-loved feature of the Highland landscape.
Please note that this webinar is hosted by CILT Scotland, and bookings will be taken through the CILT website.
This event is open to both members and non-members of CIHT. It will be of particular interest to Civil Engineers, Transport Planners and anyone with an interest in engineering heritage.
Chris O’Connell, Heritage Manager, Scottish Canals
Chris studied archaeology at Durham University and Cognitive Evolution and archaeology at Reading University. After university Chris worked as a consulting archaeologist for an Edinburgh based company. Chris was seconded to Scottish Canals in 2011 for two years and subsequently has been a full-time employee for the canals. As Heritage Manager Chris works with Local Authorities and HES to ensure work undertaken on the canal is sensitive and appropriate to the heritage of the canals as Scheduled Monuments. His particular focus is the susceptibility of historic assets to climate change.
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