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            Kitchenware and food, going up.
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A view of one of the seven wonders of the waterways, the Anderton Boat Lift in Cheshire with a narrowboat emerging fromone of the caissons and heading towards the River Weaver.
A design dating back to 1785 by Edwin Clark, this feat of engineering allowed boats to be lifted or lowered 50 feet from the River Weaver at the lower level up to the Trent and Mersey canal above. It is affectionately known as the Catherdral of the canals.
It operated until closure in 1983 due to corrosion but has been restored and reopened in 2002.
It has a pair of caissons, which are watertight, that act to counterbalance each other. It originally operated by an hydraulic method but following problems with this system it was converted to an electrical method using counterwieghts in 1908.
This piece of engineering is one of only two in the country and has been designated a Scheduled Monument.
   

Taken in: UK / England / Anderton with Marbury / Anderton (show map)

Taken on: September 17, 2019

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