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    Arrow Five Rise Locks Staircase - Bingley - October 09

    Not UE but a very impressive place in the fading October light. Five Rise Locks are a lock staircase on the Leeds to Liverpool Canal. The Locks lift boats over 60ft and this makes it the steepest climb in the UK.

    Just down river is the famous Damart Mill and the lesser know Three Rise locks. There is a run off which at one point probably powered something in the Damart Mill as the water emerges from beneath the mill.

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    Bottom of the path, Three Rise Locks





    Water comes from under Damart Mill





    Approaching the world famous Five Rise Locks



    The locks need constant work to keep them in good condition.



    View from the bottom lock



    View from the top


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    Default Re: Five Rise Locks Staircase - Bingley - October 09

    Very nice Mr KE
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    Default Re: Five Rise Locks Staircase - Bingley - October 09

    Nice one, KE. 'Tis an impressive thing to see!
    I like the 3rd pic lots.

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    Default Re: Five Rise Locks Staircase - Bingley - October 09

    If the sun was setting over that in the right way, it would look immense
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    Default Re: Five Rise Locks Staircase - Bingley - October 09

    Always good to see canal stuff. I bet there were big "traffic jams" waiting to go through there. At the Nine Locks, in Brierley Hill in the Black Country, it would take about half a day to get up/down, and delays sometime running into days.

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    Smile Re: Five Rise Locks Staircase - Bingley - October 09

    Nice to see this KE, your last pic is a belter!

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    Default Re: Five Rise Locks Staircase - Bingley - October 09

    Nice pics! theres something strangely intriguing about canals and locks!

    Incidentley, This section of canal was on Waterworld the other day on discovery rt
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    Default Re: Five Rise Locks Staircase - Bingley - October 09

    Nice, i like your approaching shot
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    Default Re: Five Rise Locks Staircase - Bingley - October 09

    The locks there are a great feat of engineering, how else do you raise a boat through such an altitude?
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    Default Re: Five Rise Locks Staircase - Bingley - October 09

    That last pic with the industry in the background is a great shot. I like these old canals they present so many different images and up till the railway were the main veins of transport through the country - nice stuff.
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