What's New at James's Canal Pages

Check this page from time to time to see when the site was last updated, and what's been added since you last came here.

• 30/12/2001 - Updated the Photo Archive of the Forth and Clyde Canal to reflect the recent restoration work
• 29/12/2001 - Updated the Photo Archive of the Union Canal to reflect the recent restoration work
• 13/7/2001 - Uploaded a new Falkirk Wheel progress report, courtesy of James Gentles
  Updated link address for Linlithgow Union Canal Society
• 5/7/2001 - Added page about Forth and Clyde Canal reopening, including video clips
  Updated online guide to reflect the Forth and Clyde's new navigable state
  Updated Falkirk obstructions page with new pictures of completed work
• 30/3/2001 - Added news update about Wester Hailes fo the news page
  Updated link to Ian Morrison's site
  Added note about closure of canals due to foot and mouth disease
• 17/2/2001 - Added a page about the new Falkirk Interchange, provided by James Gentles
• 12/12/2000 - Added a link to the Bridge 19 to 40 society page
• 5/11/2000 - Added lots of photos to the news page
  Added photos to Wester Hailes, Falkirk, Great Western Road and Duntreath Avenue pages
  Added a page about the Clydebank obstructions
• 26/7/2000 - Added news update - mainly about Falkirk/Grangemouth
  Added photos of new bridges at Greendykes Road, Vellore Road and the A801
• 5/7/2000 - Added map and more info to Wester Hailes page
  Updated some of the links
• 30/6/2000 - Site has been moved, completely rearranged, and has its own domain name!
  Guestbook and search engine not operational for the moment
  Added page about Cleveden Road obstruction
• 21/5/2000 - Added a news update about the M8 bridge completion celebrations
  Some more photos of the Kirkintilloch and M8 areas in the photo archive
• 30/4/2000 - Added a news update about the first bits of restoration work being completed
  Updated the online guide and the obstructions page to reflect this
  New page (Glasgow to Kirkintilloch) in photo archive
• 19/3/2000 - Added pages about Wester Hailes obstruction and smaller Millennium Link works
  Added news update about Wester Hailes and Greendykes Road
  Improved compression on some JPEGs to speed up download times
  Added 2 new pictures to the Greendykes Road page
  Some small updates to the photo archive
  Fixed a broken link on the links page
  Added a search engine to the homepage
• 12/3/2000 - Added a news update on Vellore Road, the M8 and Great Western Road
  Added pages about specific obstructions: M8, Greendykes Road, Vellore Road, A801, Falkirk Blockages, Great Western Road and Duntreath Avenue done so far
• 30/1/2000 - Added a page of boating information
  Added a site map
  Various small changes to the online guide
• 22/1/2000 - Added an update to the news page
• 15/1/2000 - Added links to Seagull Trust, Forth and Clyde Canal Society and Lowland Narrowboats pages
  Updated obstruction completion dates
  Updated transport page slightly
• 10/10/99 - Added information about the dimensions of the Union and Forth and Clyde canals
  Added story of landslide at Bainsford to the news page
  Revised the links page
• 17/9/99 - Added a major restoration progress report, including photos, to the news page
  Uploaded more photos of the Paisley Canal
  Added a link to Jim Howie's Monkland Railway page
  Updated the obstructions page with revised dates, and a colour code
  Revised parts of the online guide
• 20/8/99 - Added a guestbook
• 10/8/99 - Added page about Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal
  Added more pictures of the restoration work in progress to the news page
  Added a map to the Monkland Canal page
  Revised some of the captions in the photo archive
  Gave the photos of the restoration work their own page in the photo archive
  Added some pictures of the Bridgewater Canal to the other canal photos page
• 8/8/99 - Added Dr Moores' pictures of Falkirk lock restoration work to news page
  Fixed a couple of dead links on the links page
  Updated some of the projected completion dates on the obstructions page
  Changed the home page a bit
• 13/7/99 - Added progress report on Contract 3 to news page
  Some more minor changes to the online guide
• 8/7/99 - Added pictures of work in progress on Contract 1 to news page
  Added news of work on M8 diversion beginning
  Some minor changes to the online guide
  Added PJG Ransom's new book to the Recommended Reading list
  Updated the links page
• 4/6/99 - Added news of work on the Greendykes Road obstruction starting
  Deleted some old news to speed up the news page loading
• 22/5/99 - Added photos of some other British canals to the archive
  Added another walk story to the miscellaneous section
• 21/5/99 - Added a news update about contract 1
• 31/3/99 - Added many new photos to the archive
  Added two walk stories to the miscellaneous area
  Updated projected obstruction completion dates
  Added news of lock flight restoration in Falkirk
  Added news of new railway bridge under construction at Tamfourhill
• 24/3/99 - Added engineering update to news page
  Added alphabetical index of photos
  Added option to click on thumbnail images of obstructions to see full size ones
  Updated the transport links page slightly
  Re-edited some of the photos to make them look better
  Various small corrections/alterations to the Forth and Clyde Canal guide
• 14/3/99 - Added news about Millennium Link website going online
  Added Forth and Clyde Canal photos: Bowling to Glasgow
  Added 6 more Monkland Canal photos
• 12/3/99 - Added news about Millennium Link Project starting
  Added links to Bridge Inn and Linlithgow Union Canal Society pages
  Added note about towpath at Hermiston being closed
• 12/2/99 - Re-designed site completely
  Added some Forth and Clyde Canal photos
• 4/1/99 - Added photos of Philpstoun to Falkirk section
  Site is now a member of 'Gawin fur a Busrun' web ring
  Took Christmas tree off main page
• 28/12/98 - Corrected a mistake on the public transport page
  Added new pictures of M8 and Greendykes Rd obstructions
• 17/12/98 - Added section on how to get to the Union Canal by public transport
  Re-wrote Broxburn and Winchburgh section of on-line guide after another visit
  Added a few new photos to the Ratho section of the archive
  Fixed a stupid bug in the quick link to the Forth and Clyde Canal pages (sorry)
• 9/12/98 - Temporarily added Christmas tree to home page
  Added quick links to top of homepage
  Various small changes to homepage
• 1/12/98 - Added Broxburn section photos to photo archive
• 22/11/98 - Added Ratho section photos to photo archive
• 20/11/98 - Photo archive and Geocities mirror went on-line
• 8/11/98 - Added "brief history" page
  Added aqueduct animation to main page
• 30/10/98 - Added "Forth and Clyde: The Comeback Canal" to the recommended reading list
• 27/10/98 - Added link to London Canal Museum
• 11/10/98 - Added specific information for each section of Forth and Clyde Canal
  This included photos of Bowling, Clydebank, Maryhill Locks, Luggie Aqueduct, Camelon Bridge and Lock 9
  Added drowned culvert, Armco culvert, bascule bridge, offside and pound to glossary
  Added Trafalgar Street Footbridge to obstructions table
• 4/10/98 - Added table of obstructions on Union and Forth and Clyde canals
  Added photos of Avon Aqueduct and Vellore Road
  Added OS maps to the recommended reading list
  Moved canal page files to separate directory on server
• 2/10/98 - Made Union Canal pages compatible with text only browsers
  Made photo of Monkland canal in Coatbridge look better
• 1/10/98 - "What's new" page added :)
  Photos of Falkirk Tunnel, A801, Port Buchan, Calder Crescent, Edinburgh Canal Society Boathouse, and Summerlee Heritage Centre added
• 30/9/98 - Links to British Waterways', George Pearson's and Ian Morrison's sites added
• 29/9/98 - Completely replaced original site with new pages, giving many improvements:
  1. Maps of Union and Forth and Clyde canals added
  2. Interactive map of Union Canal added
  3. Recommended reading list added
  4. Pictures done as JPEGs instead of GIFs - faster download time and better quality
  5. Pictures of Leamington Lift Bridge and the Monkland Canal in Coatbridge added
  6. Site is now written directly in HTML instead of using Word 97 as a translator; gives much greater flexibility and reliability
• 23/8/98 - Site initially went on-line

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