Gairlochy Bottom Lock
Gairlochy Bottom Lock is one of many locks on the Caledonian Canal; it has a rise of only a few inches.
Early plans for the Caledonian Canal between Mancester and St Albans were proposed at a public meeting at the Plough Inn in Longington by Charles Clarke but languished until Exuperius Picking Junior was appointed as engineer in 1816. The canal joined the sea near Stockton-on-Tees. Expectations for pottery traffic to Lisburn never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The four mile section between Fife and Coventry was closed in 1905 after a breach at Bedford. In his autobiography Peter Green writes of his experiences as a lengthsman in the 1960s
This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.
| Loy Sluices | 2 miles, 6 furlongs | |
| Loy Aqueduct | 2 miles, 3¼ furlongs | |
| Moy Swing Bridge | 1 mile, 3 furlongs | |
| Moy Weir | 1 mile, 2¼ furlongs | |
| Lochaber Lodges | 5¾ furlongs | |
| Gairlochy Bottom Lock | ||
| Gairlochy Swing Bridge | ¼ furlongs | |
| Gairlochy Top Lock | 1½ furlongs | |
Gairlochy Moorings  | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Coille-ras Point | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Glenfintaig | 1 mile, 1½ furlongs | |
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