The Forth and Clyde Canal was still rising when it reached the vicinity of Allandale.
Although I got a row at school for disagreeing with the teacher when she said the highest point on the canal was at Lock 16.
The stretch of canal within the area was from Lock 17, Underwood Lock, to Lock 19 which was the last lock before the swing bridge over the main Stirling to Glasgow road.
There was plenty of traffic on the canal during and the after WW2.
Firstly there was the horse-drawn barges then the puffers, the fishing fleets, some naval boats including a miniature submarine and a few pleasure craft.
A constant visitor was the Clydeforth, a combined dredger and icebreaker which worked at the problem areas along the length of the canal.
Apart from the fishing for perch, pike and eels which were plentiful, the canal also served the village by being somewhere to dispose of unwanted pets and other articles.
It was rumoured that after the war the authorities had a purge on firearms which had been brought home by the servicemen and some of these firearms found there way into the canal. The canal was also useful to the local industries many of whom drew water from the canal for various processes.
Un 2014 the canal was restored and is available for various types of pleasure craft. Some bridges have been modernised to make passage through the canal much quicker.
The Falkirk Wheel, This unique piece of machinery provides a new connection from the Forth & Clyde and Union Canals at Camelon.
