Five-rise lock staircase at Bingley is the most spectacular feature of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, the locks open directly from one to another, with the top gate of one forming the bottom gate of the next. This unique 5-rise staircase has a total rise of 60 feet and was opened on 21 March 1774.
Fabulous shot. Ingenious. My ggg grandfather was a lock keeper. I must check out family history and see which stretch of canal it was. Can't remember offhand.
@henrir Thank you for your comment Henri they are called narrow boats originally designed to carry goods and materials around the UK now used for recreation,
British Inland Waterways, "narrow boat" refers to the original working boats built in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries for carrying goods on the narrow canals (where locks and bridge holes would have a minimum width of 7 feet (2.13 m) the term is extended to modern "narrowboats" used for recreation and more and more as homes, whose design and dimensions are an interpretation of the old boats for modern purposes and modern materials.
@onewing Thank you Babs for your interesting comment, your three times grandfather word be pleased to see some of the canals still used today and all well maintained:)
British Inland Waterways, "narrow boat" refers to the original working boats built in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries for carrying goods on the narrow canals (where locks and bridge holes would have a minimum width of 7 feet (2.13 m) the term is extended to modern "narrowboats" used for recreation and more and more as homes, whose design and dimensions are an interpretation of the old boats for modern purposes and modern materials.