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Loy Sluices

 
Strone Farm, Carn Phail Burial Ground, B8004, Muirshearlich PH33 7PB, United Kingdom
 
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Loy Sluices is a minor waterways place on the Caledonian Canal between Banavie Locks (Also known as Neptune's Staircase) (3 miles and 6 furlongs to the southwest) and Beauly Firth (North East entrance to the Caledonian Canal) (56 miles and 6½ furlongs and 18 locks to the northeast).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Banavie Locks is Muirshearlich Widening; 3¼ furlongs away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Beauly Firth is Loy Aqueduct (The aqueduct crosses a river and a track.); 2¾ furlongs away.

Mooring here is unrated.

Banavie Basin3 miles, 3¾ furlongs
Mount Alexander Aqueduct3 miles, ¾ furlongs
Sheangain Aqueduct1 mile, 6½ furlongs
Muirshearlich Aqueduct4½ furlongs
Muirshearlich Widening3¼ furlongs
Loy Sluices
Loy Aqueduct2¾ furlongs
Moy Swing Bridge1 mile, 3¼ furlongs
Moy Weir1 mile, 3¾ furlongs
Lochaber Lodges2 miles, ½ furlongs
Gairlochy Bottom Lock2 miles, 6 furlongs
 
 
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[Home on the Range] Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (sung by both Cary Grant and Myrna Loy), the 1967 off-Broadway musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (sung by [Robert Victor Evan Wong] civil engineer in government service, designing sea walls, bridges, roads, sluices and other infrastructure. He thereafter managed a family sugar plantation [History of science and technology in China] Chapter III, pp. 23. Alan Kam-leung Chan, Gregory K. Clancey, and Hui-Chieh Loy, Historical Perspectives on East Asian Science, Technology and Medicine (Singapore: [Science and technology of the Song dynasty] tombs, and houses. When the torrents subsided in the late autumn the sluices were opened, and thus the fields were irrigated with silt-bearing water [Shen Kuo] University Press. Chan, Alan Kam-leung and Gregory K. Clancey, Hui-Chieh Loy (2002). Historical Perspectives on East Asian Science, Technology and Medicine [List of rivers of Oregon] Creek via Detroit Lake Dry Creek via Detroit Lake Tom Creek via Detroit Lake Loy Creek via Detroit Lake Boulder Creek Cabin Creek Rainbow Creek McCoy Creek [List of listed buildings in Kilmallie, Highland] Category B 7071 Loy Bridge Over River Loy 56°53′27″N 5°02′29″W / 56.890816°N 5.041517°W / 56.890816; -5.041517 (Loy Bridge Over River Loy) Category B [List of Category A listed buildings in Highland] "Caledonian Canal, Aqueduct Over The River Loy: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. "Caledonian Canal, Sluice By Carn Phail: Listed Building Report"
 
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File:Caledonian Canal at Loy Sluices - geograph.org.uk - 888755.jpg
Jun 30, 2008 ... File:Caledonian Canal at Loy Sluices - geograph.org.uk - 888755.jpg. Language; Watch · Edit. File; File history; File usage on Commons.
Caledonian Canal Aqueducts | Walking in Lochaber, Ardnamurchan ...
The Loy Sluices were designed to carry excess water from the canal to the River Loy below. There are some interesting interpretation boards on route providing ...
File:A surplus of water at Loy Sluices - geograph.org.uk - 1454999 ...
Feb 18, 2018 ... English: A surplus of water at Loy Sluices Water is sluiced to the River Lochy at this point. With the area's high annual rainfall the sluices are ...
Caledonian Canal at Loy Sluices © Trevor Littlewood cc-by-sa/2.0 ...
Apr 28, 2017 ... The Loy Sluices is a feature of the canal where excess water in its channel can flow off to enter the River Lochy; it's a short distance south of the ...
Great Glen Way 1: Fort William to Gairlochy (Walkhighlands)
Keep following the towpath track and pass a small house on the right before a long stretch until the Loy sluices are reached. Soon after the canal curves and ...
Caledonian Canal at Loy Sluices © Colin Smith :: Geograph Britain ...
Jul 19, 2008 ... The sluices carry excess water down to the River Lochy. In the distance is Monadh Uisge Mhuilinn.
Biodegradable krathongs stink up the Ping River
Dec 2, 2015 ... A mass of rotten krathongs at the Tha Wang Tarn sluice gate in Chiang Mai's Muang district on Wednesday, a week after the Loy Krathong ...
Caledonian Canal at the Loy Sluices © Chris Heaton :: Geograph ...
May 12, 2017 ... Caledonian Canal at the Loy Sluices. taken 3 years ago, near to Strone, Highland, Great Britain. More sizes. Caledonian Canal at the Loy ...
LOY ALHANNA LAKE
Four 5.67' x 7' gate controlled sluices . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. One 24” value-controlled sluice . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. Five 29' x 30' crest gates. Lake. Length at summer pool:.