We sit in the bottom lock of the staircase waiting for the paddles to be lowered before we move forward in to the top chamber.

This is the first of three consecutive staircases that raise the canal about 15 meters over a length of just less than three kilometers.

Photograph taken by Peter Stockdale on 19 June 2018 and was added to the database on Saturday the 27th of July, 2019

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