Kirkintilloch Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
About Kirkintilloch
Clyde Pufferswere stubby little cargo ships that plied the seas around the Firth of Clyde and the Hebrides, and came to hold a romanticised place in Scottish lore. Kirkintilloch, miles inland, was their unlikely birthplace. The first puffers in 1856 were simply iron canal barges with a rudimentary steam engine. Since the barge could continually draw fresh water from the canal, the engine didn’t have a condenser, so the piston strokes created a great snorting puff-puff-puff of steam. Later designs had condensers and could go to sea but the name stuck. The ships had blunt bows, shallow draft with flat bottoms, a single mast, and (later) a derrick and a wheelhouse just behind the funnel. They were built along the Forth and Clyde Canal, with yards concentrated at Glasgow Maryhill and at Kirkin
Top Attractions in Kirkintilloch
Explore the best things to see and do in Kirkintilloch:
- ★Kirkintilloch Town Hall
Where to Eat in Kirkintilloch
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴The Stables
Where to Stay in Kirkintilloch
- 🏨Smiths Hotel
Kirkintilloch Travel Guide Sections
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