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The Anderton Boat Lift |
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| Anderton Boat Lift | Trent and Mersey Canal | River Weaver | |
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The Anderton Bat Lift was built to improve links between the Trent and Mersey Canal and the River Weaver. |
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| from in front on the river | from above | Side view | |
| Going Down from the Trent and Mersey Canal to the River Weaver | |||
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| entering the Lift under the dripping vertical lift gate | lowering the gate behind the boat | view from the top | gate to canal closed |
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| sailing under the control rooms | entering the caisson | caisson gate closing behind boat | view from inside caisson at top |
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| closed gates are left behind as caisson descends | gong down past the rising caisson in the middle | other caisson rises above | looking up at the rising caisson pushed up by the hydraulic ram |
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| looking back up where we came from | nearly at the bottom, the other caisson nearly at the top, the river in front | caisson and river gates lift open | |
| Going Up from the River Weaver to the Trent and Mersey Canal | |||
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| Approaching the Lift, the right hand caisson is open | the other caisson is up at the top | looking up to the canal level | the shiny hydraulic pole |
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| Caisson and River gates close behind the boat | Arriving at the top, canal level, cables lift gates | caisson gates opened and boats leave caisson | |
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| boat approaches canal gate | canal gate lifting open | Gate raised and boat exits lift into canal basin | |
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| a cog | cogs | weights | rows of pulleys |
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