Virtual Globetrotting: Canals

Virtual Globetrotting: Canals http://virtualglobetrotting.com/ A great way to explore everything that can be seen from space! en-us Copyright 2008 admin@virtualglobetrotting.com (Nic) admin@virtualglobetrotting.com (Nic) Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:50:53 -0500 http://backend.userland.com/rss <![CDATA[Engine Arm Aqueduct]]>

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Engine Arm Aqueduct
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-04-14 11:50:53]]>

BEV

Engine Arm Aqueduct
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-04-14 11:50:53]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/48987/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/48987/ Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:50:53 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/48987/ 52.49795500 -1.96666700 <![CDATA[Canal crossing a canal on an aqueduct]]>

BEV

Canal crossing a canal on an aqueduct
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By: kjfitz
@ 2008-02-12 10:13:23]]>

BEV

Canal crossing a canal on an aqueduct
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By: kjfitz
@ 2008-02-12 10:13:23]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/45510/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/45510/ Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:13:23 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/45510/ 52.30311200 8.93109100 <![CDATA[John Rankin Lock and Dam on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway]]>

John Rankin Lock and Dam on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway

BEV

John Rankin Lock and Dam on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
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By: kjfitz
@ 2008-01-30 16:55:49
The John Rankin Lock (formerly named Lock D) is part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. It is located in Itawamba County, Mississippi, approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Fulton. It is named for John E. Rankin, Mississippi's First District Representative in the United States House of Representatives.

The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (popularly known as the Tenn-Tom) is a 234 mile (377 km) artificial waterway that provides a connecting link between the Tennessee and Tombigbee rivers. The waterway begins at Pickwick Lake on the Tennessee River, then flows southward through northeast Mississippi and west Alabama, finally connecting with the established Warrior-Tombigbee navigation system at Demopolis, Alabama.

After 12 years of construction, the waterway and its seventeen public ports and terminals opened to commercial traffic in January 1985. In addition to the original 110,000 acres (445 km²) of land acquired for the construction and operation of the project, another 88,000 acres (356 km²) have been purchased and managed by the two state conservation agencies for wildlife habitat preservation and mixed use including hunting and parks.

The elevation change between the two ends of the waterway is 341 feet (104 m).

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BEV

World's highest lift lock
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By: AlejoHausner
@ 2007-12-16 21:32:52
On the Canal du Centre in Belgium, this lift lock raises boats 73 meters, and can handle vessels weighing up to 1350 tonnes.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/42233/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/42233/ Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:32:52 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/42233/ 50.47833300 4.10968100 <![CDATA[Abandoned locks]]>

BEV

Abandoned locks
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-12-06 15:53:35]]>

BEV

Abandoned locks
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-12-06 15:53:35]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41804/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41804/ Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:53:35 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41804/ 58.26819700 12.25796400 <![CDATA[Cascading locks]]>

BEV

Cascading locks
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-12-06 15:50:53]]>

BEV

Cascading locks
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-12-06 15:50:53]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41803/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41803/ Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:50:53 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41803/ 58.26500900 12.25445800 <![CDATA[Barges in Kiel Canal]]>

Barges in Kiel Canal
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By: mikeb9991
@ 2007-07-18 09:22:27]]>

Barges in Kiel Canal
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By: mikeb9991
@ 2007-07-18 09:22:27]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/35528/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/35528/ Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:22:27 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/35528/ 54.36578300 10.14344900 <![CDATA[Barge moving in a large lock]]>

BEV

Barge moving in a large lock
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By: milwhcky
@ 2007-07-15 11:27:45]]>

BEV

Barge moving in a large lock
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By: milwhcky
@ 2007-07-15 11:27:45]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/35395/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/35395/ Sun, 15 Jul 2007 11:27:45 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/35395/ 51.89265300 4.22857300 <![CDATA[Schleuse Nürnberg]]>

BEV

Schleuse Nürnberg
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By: kaiken
@ 2007-07-13 06:41:18]]>

BEV

Schleuse Nürnberg
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By: kaiken
@ 2007-07-13 06:41:18]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/35194/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/35194/ Fri, 13 Jul 2007 06:41:18 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/35194/ 49.41504200 11.05790500 <![CDATA[Sacramento Barge Canal Locks]]>

BEV

Sacramento Barge Canal Locks
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-07-05 10:05:23]]>

BEV

Sacramento Barge Canal Locks
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-07-05 10:05:23]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34910/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34910/ Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:05:23 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34910/ 38.56133800 -121.52805300 <![CDATA[Dortmund-Ems Canal lock]]>

BEV

Dortmund-Ems Canal lock
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By: milwhcky
@ 2007-06-28 13:08:10
Connecting the cities of Dortmund and Emden, it runs for 269 kilometers.]]>

BEV

Dortmund-Ems Canal lock
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By: milwhcky
@ 2007-06-28 13:08:10
Connecting the cities of Dortmund and Emden, it runs for 269 kilometers.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34758/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34758/ Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:08:10 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34758/ 51.97908000 7.66161700 <![CDATA[Odd structure straddling canal]]>

BEV

Odd structure straddling canal
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-06-15 13:12:03
No idea what this is but it loos interesting. There is one on each side of teh canal. The one on the East side has a long bunker type corridor leading to it. Could just be pump housed but they look somewhat WWII-ish.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34443/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34443/ Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:12:03 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34443/ 51.55841200 4.44828800 <![CDATA[Canal and barge passing over a highway]]>

BEV

Canal and barge passing over a highway
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-06-12 09:49:24]]>

BEV

Canal and barge passing over a highway
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-06-12 09:49:24]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34369/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34369/ Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:49:24 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34369/ 52.02552000 4.66683400 <![CDATA[Barge transiting a lock]]>

BEV

Barge transiting a lock
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-06-07 10:04:11]]>

BEV

Barge transiting a lock
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-06-07 10:04:11]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34193/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34193/ Thu, 07 Jun 2007 10:04:11 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/34193/ 51.50656800 4.24949800 <![CDATA[Mother Brook]]>

BEV

Mother Brook
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By: Parabellum
@ 2007-05-13 07:32:05]]>

BEV

Mother Brook
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By: Parabellum
@ 2007-05-13 07:32:05]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/32891/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/32891/ Sun, 13 May 2007 07:32:05 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/32891/ 42.24572800 -71.15090400 <![CDATA[Repairing the Industrial Canal Levee]]>

Repairing the Industrial Canal Levee
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-04-02 16:55:50]]>

Repairing the Industrial Canal Levee
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-04-02 16:55:50]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/31259/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/31259/ Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:55:50 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/31259/ 29.97153300 -90.02282300 <![CDATA[Erie Canal Lock #27]]>

BEV

Erie Canal Lock #27
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By: mlc1us
@ 2007-03-05 14:23:58]]>

BEV

Erie Canal Lock #27
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By: mlc1us
@ 2007-03-05 14:23:58]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/29961/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/29961/ Mon, 05 Mar 2007 14:23:58 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/29961/ 43.06212600 -76.99645000 <![CDATA[Eiskanal]]>

BEV

Eiskanal
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By: mlc1us
@ 2007-01-27 14:39:34
The Eiskanal is an artificial canal feature in the city of Augsburg that was constructed as the whitewater kayaking and canoeing venue for the 1972 Summer Olympics that were hosted in Munich, Germany.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/28699/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/28699/ Sat, 27 Jan 2007 14:39:34 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/28699/ 48.34829000 10.93588700 <![CDATA[Canal Locks and Inclined Plane]]>

Canal Locks and Inclined Plane
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By: Parabellum
@ 2007-01-23 19:13:31]]>

Canal Locks and Inclined Plane
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By: Parabellum
@ 2007-01-23 19:13:31]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/28536/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/28536/ Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:13:31 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/28536/ 43.33079800 3.20024000 <![CDATA[Pont-Canal (Canal Bridge) Sur l'Orb]]>

Pont-Canal (Canal Bridge) Sur l'Orb
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By: Parabellum
@ 2007-01-23 19:02:00]]>

Pont-Canal (Canal Bridge) Sur l'Orb
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By: Parabellum
@ 2007-01-23 19:02:00]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/28535/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/28535/ Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:02:00 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/28535/ 43.33464200 3.21290600 <![CDATA[Scharnebeck ship lift]]>

Scharnebeck ship lift
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By: mstoess
@ 2007-01-20 13:04:01]]>

Scharnebeck ship lift
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By: mstoess
@ 2007-01-20 13:04:01]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/28383/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/28383/ Sat, 20 Jan 2007 13:04:01 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/28383/ 53.29183500 10.48891800 <![CDATA[Entry locks to the Kiel-Canal]]>

Entry locks to the Kiel-Canal
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By: mstoess
@ 2007-01-20 07:45:55]]>

Entry locks to the Kiel-Canal
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By: mstoess
@ 2007-01-20 07:45:55]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/28373/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/28373/ Sat, 20 Jan 2007 07:45:55 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/28373/ 53.89101200 9.14165500 <![CDATA[Limon Bay, atlantic entry to the Panama Canal]]>

Limon Bay, atlantic entry to the Panama Canal
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By: mstoess
@ 2007-01-18 10:13:01
Cargo ships waiting for passing through the canal in the roads of Colon.]]>

Limon Bay, atlantic entry to the Panama Canal
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By: mstoess
@ 2007-01-18 10:13:01
Cargo ships waiting for passing through the canal in the roads of Colon.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/28331/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/28331/ Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:13:01 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/28331/ 9.37116000 -79.90905800 <![CDATA[Acquedotto Alessandrino (Roman aqueduct)]]>

Acquedotto Alessandrino (Roman aqueduct)

BEV

Acquedotto Alessandrino (Roman aqueduct)
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-01-02 10:57:00]]>

BEV

Acquedotto Alessandrino (Roman aqueduct)
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-01-02 10:57:00]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/27924/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/27924/ Tue, 02 Jan 2007 10:57:00 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/27924/ 41.87587900 12.54284700 <![CDATA[3 Crosses]]>

3 Crosses
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By: gamma
@ 2006-11-30 16:08:34]]>

3 Crosses
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By: gamma
@ 2006-11-30 16:08:34]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/26710/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/26710/ Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:08:34 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/26710/ 52.35352700 4.84489300 <![CDATA[Sutton Harbour Lock Gates]]>

Sutton Harbour Lock Gates
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-11-27 22:11:54]]>

Sutton Harbour Lock Gates
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-11-27 22:11:54]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/26498/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/26498/ Mon, 27 Nov 2006 22:11:54 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/26498/ 50.36633500 -4.13316600 <![CDATA['Park in the Water' by Vito Acconci]]>

'Park in the Water' by Vito Acconci
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By: gamma
@ 2006-11-26 20:01:50]]>

'Park in the Water' by Vito Acconci
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By: gamma
@ 2006-11-26 20:01:50]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/26421/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/26421/ Sun, 26 Nov 2006 20:01:50 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/26421/ 52.06817800 4.32575100 <![CDATA[Canal tunnel north entrance]]>

Canal tunnel north entrance
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-11-16 12:39:14
The canal takes a short cut by-passing a long loop of the river by passing under the city.]]>

Canal tunnel north entrance
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-11-16 12:39:14
The canal takes a short cut by-passing a long loop of the river by passing under the city.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/25998/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/25998/ Thu, 16 Nov 2006 12:39:14 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/25998/ 48.81808300 2.46833000 <![CDATA[Canal tunnel south entrance]]>

Canal tunnel south entrance
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-11-16 12:35:28
The canal takes a short cut by-passing a long loop of the river by passing under the city.]]>

Canal tunnel south entrance
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-11-16 12:35:28
The canal takes a short cut by-passing a long loop of the river by passing under the city.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/25997/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/25997/ Thu, 16 Nov 2006 12:35:28 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/25997/ 48.81433200 2.46217700 <![CDATA[Drained canal]]>

BEV

Drained canal
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-10-27 14:33:36
This canal has been drained between two sets of locks.]]>

BEV

Drained canal
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-10-27 14:33:36
This canal has been drained between two sets of locks.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/25309/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/25309/ Fri, 27 Oct 2006 14:33:36 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/25309/ 51.44842400 -2.62445300 <![CDATA[Abandoned aqueduct over a canal]]>

Abandoned aqueduct over a canal
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-10-25 12:01:00]]>

Abandoned aqueduct over a canal
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-10-25 12:01:00]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/25246/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/25246/ Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:01:00 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/25246/ 53.42126400 -1.37922700 <![CDATA[Stoke Lock]]>

BEV

Stoke Lock
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By: Parabellum
@ 2006-10-22 12:27:04]]>

BEV

Stoke Lock
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By: Parabellum
@ 2006-10-22 12:27:04]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/25053/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/25053/ Sun, 22 Oct 2006 12:27:04 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/25053/ 52.95949500 -1.03358200 <![CDATA[Highway, railway, aqueduct, bridges, canals and towpath]]>

Highway, railway, aqueduct, bridges, canals and towpath
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-10-22 00:38:12]]>

Highway, railway, aqueduct, bridges, canals and towpath
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-10-22 00:38:12]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/25002/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/25002/ Sun, 22 Oct 2006 00:38:12 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/25002/ 52.50579600 -1.99768800 <![CDATA[Hay Inclined Plane]]>

Hay Inclined Plane
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-10-21 23:36:13
The Hay Inclined Plane is a canal inclined plane in the Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire, with a height of 207 feet (63 m). It was located on a short stretch of the Shropshire Union Canal that linked the industrial area of Blists Hill with the River Severn. The inclined plane was in operation from 1792 to 1894. It can be visited as part of the Blists Hill Victorian Town.

An inclined plane is a system used on some canals for raising boats between different water levels.

Typically, such a feature consists of a slope, up which there are two sets of rail tracks, and boats are raised between different levels by sailing into giant water-filled tanks, or caissons, which have wheels on the bottom and watertight doors at each end, and which are perpendicular to the slope. These are then drawn up or down hill on the rails, usually by means of cables being pulled by a stationary engine. In almost all designs two caissons are used, one going up and one down, to act as counterweights to make the system more efficient. When the caisson has reached the top or bottom of the slope, the doors are opened and the boat leaves. On some canals an inclined plane was used just to the transfer the loads up or down to the boats on a rail system.

The slots in the thumbnail were the perfect size for custom made barges carrying coal and iron ore. They would pull into the slot, be pulled out on rails and winched down the inclined track to the SW to the Severn River.]]>

BEV

Baits Bite Lock
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By: Parabellum
@ 2006-10-21 08:33:47]]>

BEV

Baits Bite Lock
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By: Parabellum
@ 2006-10-21 08:33:47]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/24941/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/24941/ Sat, 21 Oct 2006 08:33:47 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/24941/ 52.23663100 0.17464900 <![CDATA[Bingley Five Rise Locks]]>

Bingley Five Rise Locks
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-10-21 00:15:40
(Discussed in detail in the documentary series Industrial Revelation Episode 4.)

In effect the 5-rise consists of five locks connected together with (as always with a staircase) no intermediate "pounds": the lower gate of each chamber forms the upper gate of the chamber below. There are therefore five chambers, and six gates (the top and bottom gates and four intermediate gates). As the Leeds Liverpool canal is a wide canal, the chambers are 14 feet wide, and each "gate" consists of two half-gates, "hinged" from opposite sides of the canal. Each half gate is slightly more than 7 feet wide, so that the two halves close in a "V" shape (pointing "upstream"). Water pressure on the "uphill" side of the gate thus keeps it tightly closed until the water levels on either side are equal, when the gate can be opened and the boat moved to the next chamber (see canal locks for more information on how a lock is constructed and operated).

The 5-rise is the steepest flight of lock in the UK, with a gradient of about 1:5 (a rise of 59ft 2in over a distance of 320ft). The intermediate and bottom gates are the tallest in the country. Because of the complicaitions of working a staircase lock, and because so many boaters (both first-time hirers and new owners) are inexperienced, a full-time lockkeeper is employed, and the locks are padlocked "out of hours". Barry, the "locky", after twenty years based here is now almost infamous on the local canals: he has been nominated for a CBE.

It opened on March 21, 1774 and was a major feat of engineering at the time. When the locks and therefore the canal from Gargrave to Leeds was opened in 1774 a crowd of 30,000 people turned out to celebrate it! The first boat to use the locks took just 28 minutes and the whole first trip is described here as it was in a newspaper of the time - the Leeds Intelligencer. The smaller Three Rise opened at the same time just a few hundred meters further down.]]>

Love Canal Site
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By: mikeb9991
@ 2006-09-21 15:04:16
President Carter declared a state of emergency at Love Canal on May 21, 1980 and the EPA agreed to evacuate all Love Canal families temporarily until permanent relocation funds could be secured.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/23948/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/23948/ Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:04:16 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/23948/ 43.08029900 -78.94981400 <![CDATA[Qanat in Oman]]>

Qanat in Oman
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By: AlejoHausner
@ 2006-07-22 17:43:51
A qanat is an underground aqueduct, used for irrigation]]>

Qanat in Oman
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By: AlejoHausner
@ 2006-07-22 17:43:51
A qanat is an underground aqueduct, used for irrigation]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/21977/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/21977/ Sat, 22 Jul 2006 17:43:51 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/21977/ 24.11501800 56.76293500 <![CDATA[Anderton Boat Lift]]>

Anderton Boat Lift
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By: Hinkkanen
@ 2006-07-16 08:04:16
Anderton Boat Lift is the world's first and the UK's only working boat lift. It was opened in 1875 and raises boats 50 feet from River Weaver to the Trent & Mersey Canal. It was closed due to mechanical problems in 1983 and reopened after restoration in 2002.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/21784/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/21784/ Sun, 16 Jul 2006 08:04:16 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/21784/ 53.27323900 -2.53045800 <![CDATA[Devizes Locks]]>

Devizes Locks
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By: Hinkkanen
@ 2006-07-16 07:34:37
The Kennet and Avon Canal. constructed between 1794 and 1810, rises 237 feet by means of 29 locks, 16 of them in a straight line at Caen Hill. The locks were built by John Rennie up the side of steep hill where the locks are so close together that the normal arrangement of pounds between locks would not have provided sufficient water storage for the operation of the locks. Rennie's solution to this problem was to provide long side pounds beside the locks. The locks became derelict shortly after the WW2 and, after years of restoration work along the whole of the canal, were reopened by HM The Queen on 8th August 1990.]]>

Falkirk Wheel, The
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By: k9ine
@ 2006-07-12 05:56:57
A rotating boat lift connecting the Forth & Clyde and Union canals, which at this point differ by 24 metres.]]>

Falkirk Wheel, The
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By: k9ine
@ 2006-07-12 05:56:57
A rotating boat lift connecting the Forth & Clyde and Union canals, which at this point differ by 24 metres.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/21609/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/21609/ Wed, 12 Jul 2006 05:56:57 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/21609/ 56.00040000 -3.84150000 <![CDATA[Jones Falls lock on Rideau Canal]]>

Jones Falls lock on Rideau Canal
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By: AlejoHausner
@ 2006-07-06 15:07:44
Connecting Kingston to Ottawa by a series of hand-cranked locks, this canal is still in operation and is used by pleasure boats. It was built from 1826 to 1831 by the British as an alternate route from the Great Lakes to Montreal, avoiding American gunfire on the St. Lawrence river. After the war of 1812, Canada feared the US would invade again. In the winter, people in Ottawa skate on it.]]>