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Staircase Locks of England: Foxton Locks, Bingley Five Rise Locks, Snakeholme Lock, Watford Locks, Bingley Three Rise Locks

Staircase Locks of England: Foxton Locks, Bingley Five Rise Locks, Snakeholme Lock, Watford Locks, Bingley Three Rise Locks


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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Foxton Locks (grid reference SP691895) are ten canal locks consisting of two "staircases" each of five locks, located on the Leicester line of the Grand Union Canal about 5 km west of the Leicestershire town of Market Harborough and are named after the nearby village of Foxton. They form the northern terminus of a 20-mile summit level that passes Husbands Bosworth, Crick and ends with the Watford flight Staircase locks are used where a canal needs to climb a steep hill, and consist of a group of locks where each lock opens directly into the next, that is, where the bottom gates of one lock form the top gates of the next. Foxton Locks are the largest flight of such staircase locks on the English canal system. The Grade II* listed locks are a popular tourist attraction and the county council has created a country park at the top. At the bottom, where the junction with the arm to Market Harborough is located, there are two public houses, a shop, trip boat and other facilities. The area is popular with gongoozlers. Alongside the locks is the site of the Foxton Inclined Plane, an inclined plane built in 1900 as a solution to various operational restrictions imposed by the lock flight. It was not a commercial success and remained in full-time operation for only ten years. It was dismantled in 1926, but a project to re-create the Plane commenced in the 2000s, since the locks remain a bottleneck for boat traffic. Panorama of the Upper StaircaseBuilding work on the locks started in 1810 and was finished 4 years later in 1814. Little changed until the building of the inclined plane resulted in the reduction in size of some of the side pounds. While the inclined plane was in operation the locks were allowed to fall into decline to an ex... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=189976


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  • ISBN-13: 9781158243853
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 28
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 54 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1158243855
  • Publisher Date: 18 Jun 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Foxton Locks, Bingley Five Rise Locks, Snakeholme Lock, Watford Locks, Bingley Three Rise Locks
  • Width: 229 mm


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