Category:Staircase locks
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English: A Staircase Lock is a canal lock in more than one section with no length of canal in between. It combines the lift or descent ot two or more single locks, and reduces the number of lock gates which have to be opened and closed as a boat passes through.
One example is Brades Lock on the Gower Branch Canal.
Subcategories
This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total.
B
- Brades staircase Lock (10 F)
D
- Dobson Locks (67 F)
- Dowley Gap Locks (9 F)
F
- Field Locks (26 F)
K
- Kirkstall Forge Locks (31 F)
N
- Newlay Locks (19 F)
O
T
- Three Rise Locks, Bingley (15 F)