Aire and Calder Navigation
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The Aire and Calder Navigation is the canalised section of the Rivers Aire and Calder in West Yorkshire, England. The first improvements to the rivers above Knottingley were completed in 1704 when the
One of the 600 tonne barges used on the Navigation
Aire and Calder Navigation blue plaque
One of the large locks
River Don Navigation
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The River Don Navigation was the result of early efforts to make the River Don in South Yorkshire, England, navigable between Fishlake and Sheffield. The Dutch engineer Cornelius Vermuyden had re-rout
The Aldwarke Eurobarge Lock, complete with traffic lights
The weir near Aldwarke Lock
The Straddle Warehouse, Victoria Quays (formerly the Sheffield Basin), Sheffield City Centre
Two narrow boats dwarfed by the size of Sprotbrough Lock