Laughin and Greetin Bridge (c) James Perry

The story of the carved faces on the key stones on this bridge are a reminder of the tasks of the contractors who built the canal. On the Falkirk side the face is greetin because the section of canal involved blasting a tunnel through a hillside and building a flight of eleven locks to join up with the Forth & Clyde canal. The contractor went bankrupt! While the laughin face smiles towards the east which was far easier in comparison and the contractor made a tidy sum.

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