This week we're discussing the deadly Paisley Canal Disaster of 1810, a tragedy that claimed the lives of 84 people just days into the operation of the Glasgow, Johnstone, and Ardrossan Canal.

*Originally released 10/25/21; edited and re-uploaded 3/20/22 

Selected Resources:

"Paisley pub on site of Britain's worst canal disaster to honour victims" -  Alastair Dalton, The Scotsman
 
"How Paisley poet Robert Tannahill made his mark on history" - Hamish McPherson, The National

"Melancholy Accident" from Walter Scott's Edinburgh Annual Register
 - see pages 227-228 for coverage of the incident

Short biography of Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton

Casualty and survivor list from Urban Historian

Glasgow's Canals Unlocked
- An informative guide to the history of Glasgow's canals, but conspicuously no mention of the Paisley disaster

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