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Navigate the most challenging canal locks in the UK with a 66.5 ft narrowboat ... this adventure highlights the charm of slow travel on British waterways. Perfect for fans of unique travel ...
Waterways charity Canal & River Trust has commenced a heritage survey of the nation’s canal network, starting with the ...
Built at the end of the 35-mile (56 km) Manchester Ship Canal, the docks were opened in 1894 by Queen Victoria. Although the ...
Encounter locks, swing bridges ... a fine example of the incredible feats of engineering you can find on the British canal network. The first 11 miles of the Llangollen canal are an outstanding ...
This animation of the locks system of the Panama Canal demonstrates how a ship would travel across the Panamanian Isthmus. This "lake and lock" canal was favored by Theodore Roosevelt, who Chief ...
The operators of a 225-year-old canal warn of an "urgent" water shortage without imminent rainfall. AECOM says the 26km (16-mile) waterway would be "the UK's largest new-build canal in a century". The ...
AMONG of the many projects conceived in connection with Bradford's bid to be European Capital of Culture for 2008 - a competition won by Liverpool - was a scheme to recreate the Bradford Canal, which ...
Experts have completed a painstaking 10-week process to replace two sets of lock gates on the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal. Worn-out gates were replaced at the top and bottom ends of the 200-year-old ...