Trent and Mersey Canal
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The Trent and Mersey Canal is a 93+1⁄2-mile canal in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire in north-central England. It is a "narrow canal" for the vast majority of its length, but at the extremities
The Trent and Mersey Canal near Branston Water Park
Barnton Tunnel east entrance
Hall Green Branch crosses the T&M at Poole Aqueduct
A typical set of double locks on the T&M
Anderton Boat Lift
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The Anderton Boat Lift is a two-caisson lift lock near the village of Anderton, Cheshire, in North West England. It provides a 50-foot vertical link between two navigable waterways: the River Weaver a
Trent and Mersey Canal
…Waterways from 1962. On the Cheshire stretch of the canal, between Middlewich and the northern end of the canal in Preston Brook Tunnel, is the Victorian Anderton Boat Lift, which lowers boats fifty feet from the T&M to the River Weaver. It was restored to full operation in 2002 after twenty years of disuse, and was then…
Anderton Boat Lift
Aerial view of Anderton Boat Lift and basin on the north bank of the River Weaver
View of the restored boat lift from canal level
Canal boat entering the River Weaver from the base of the boat lift