Caledonian Canal Bicentenary - webinar (rescheduled)

This is a rescheduled webinar following the postponed event in October.

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.

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Overview

Designed by Thomas Telford, the 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, 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 with the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and Institution of Civil Engineers. To book onto the webinar please visit the event page on the CILT website here.

Who is the event for?

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.

Why you can't miss this event?

Fantastic CPD opportunity
Listen to an overview of the famous canal, it's history, heritage and role it plays as a vital part of Scotland's tourism offer.
Q&A Session

Speaker

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.