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The canal was built between 1818 and 1822 and it had Scotland's only canal tunnel. Two of its construction workers were the famous body snatchers Burke And Hare . The Soliton was first demonstrated on the Union Canal in 1834 . The new Aqueduct over the Edinburgh City Bypass was named after discoverer John Scott Russell . Originally used for transporting Coal , competition from the Railway s caused it to close to commercial use in the 1930s . The Locks connecting it to the Forth and Clyde Canal at Falkirk were filled in and built over. The canal is now used recreationally by Canoe ists at the Forth Canoe Club and Rowers from schools and St Andrew Rowing Club. The Edinburgh, Ratho and Linlithgow Canal Societies promote general use of the canal and hire rowing and Narrowboat s. The Millennium Link (a project to restore both the Union and Forth and Clyde Canals) saw the two canals joined once again at the Falkirk end of the Union Canal, in the year 2000 , by the Falkirk Wheel . The other end, Lochrin Basin, is currently being redeveloped as Edinburgh Quay for commercial and residential use which has caused the relocation of Forth Canoe Club . The Union Canal is a contour canal - originally the only locks were those at Falkirk to make the link to the Forth and Clyde canal. Now there is one lock just before the Falkirk Wheel and a double lock just above. There is also a new tunnel where the canal crosses the Antonine Wall . BIBLIOGRAPHY
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