Carron Dock And Western Channel Swing Bridge, Docks, Grangemouth is a Grade B listed building in the Falkirk local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 27 September 1994. Bridge.

Carron Dock And Western Channel Swing Bridge, Docks, Grangemouth

WRENN ID
stubborn-garret-ash
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Falkirk
Constituency
Alloa and Grangemouth MP: Brian Leishman (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
27 September 1994
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NS 932 826
Coordinates
56.02457, -3.71444
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Carron Dock and Western Channel Swing Bridge, located in Grangemouth, was opened in 1906 by the Caledonian Railway, with engineering by D A Mathieson and construction by Motherwell Bridge & Engineering Co Ltd. This bridge features a single-span bowed steel Pratt truss design that is hydraulically operated. It has a timber deck with an inset railway track. The trusses are connected at the top by three light lattice girders. Additionally, there is a wooden control tower styled like a railway signal box, which includes extensive glazing and an external stair, along with a lattice-post signal that controls the approach to the bridge.

Local climate

Carron Dock And Western Channel Swing Bridge, Docks, Grangemouth sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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