Bath Locks (Widcombe)
Urban flight from the Avon into Bath — Britain’s second-deepest canal lock, Bolinder sound and lock-craft videos, and an honest call for true Bolinder-at-Bath film.
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Locations
Heritage waterways for Bolinder context — Bath Deep Lock and Caen Hill (Devizes flight) on the Kennet and Avon, Pontcysyllte Aqueduct on the Llangollen Canal (world's tallest navigable canal aqueduct), the Falkirk Wheel in Scotland (related-waterways engineering, not an engine page), Froghall Tunnel on the Caldon Canal (CRT Tunnel 54, extremely low headroom), East Yorkshire archive locations (Beverley Beck and the Driffield Navigation), and a Shropshire Union historic-boat convoy toward Ellesmere Port.
These are heritage field notes, not a travel guide. Bath Locks and Caen Hill Locks add Kennet and Avon stories with curated video. Pontcysyllte is the iron trough over the Dee (say Pont-cuss-ill-tuh). The Falkirk Wheel is a related-waterways engineering note (rotating boat lift, not Bolinder history). Froghall Tunnel is a related-waterways place note (CRT Tunnel 54 — very short, extremely low). Beverley and Driffield keep the East Yorkshire archive photographs from the original site.
Caen Hill Locks (Devizes flight)
Say Caen like “cane”. Twenty-nine locks with the famous middle sixteen and side pounds — not a true staircase; Bolinder sound stand-ins and an honest media gap.
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The Falkirk Wheel
The world’s only rotating boat lift — a 24 metre turn that keeps its water and uses about 1.5 kWh. Related-waterways engineering, not Bolinder engine history.
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Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
Say Pont-cuss-ill-tuh. World's tallest navigable canal aqueduct (about 126 ft), Britain's longest, UNESCO 2009 — related waterways, not Bolinder engine history.
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Froghall Tunnel
A 75-yard hole with about 5 ft of headroom. Chimney off, gauge at Flint Mill, and a famous squeeze — related waterways, not Bolinder engine history.
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Beverley Beck
Beck, lock and river approaches near Beverley — moorings, yard character, and the tidal connection toward the Hull.
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Driffield Navigation
Keels to a Wolds market town. River Head cranes, restored locks, and the 1967 fixed bridge at Wansford that still stops full-length boats from the tideway.
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Historic boat convoy
About forty historic narrowboats in Easter convoy — painted Bolinder close-up, National Waterways Museum gathering, and Clematis (Peaky Blinders).
Open location →Places on the map
Map links for places named on the location pages (heritage notes, not a navigation guide).
| Place | Page | Map |
|---|---|---|
| Bath Locks / Widcombe | bath-locks | Open map |
| Bath Deep Lock | bath-locks | Open map |
| Pulteney Bridge, Bath | bath-locks | Open map |
| Sydney Gardens, Bath | bath-locks | Open map |
| Halfpenny Bridge / Bath Spa | bath-locks | Open map |
| Caen Hill Locks, Devizes | caen-hill-locks | Open map |
| Foxhangers Canal Hire, Devizes | caen-hill-locks | Open map |
| Crofton Pumping Station | caen-hill-locks | Open map |
| The Falkirk Wheel, Tamfourhill | falkirk-wheel | Open map |
| Forth and Clyde Canal, Falkirk | falkirk-wheel | Open map |
| Union Canal, Falkirk | falkirk-wheel | Open map |
| Rough Castle Tunnel | falkirk-wheel | Open map |
| Antonine Wall (Falkirk Wheel) | falkirk-wheel | Open map |
| Pontcysyllte Aqueduct | pontcysyllte | Open map |
| Trevor Basin | pontcysyllte | Open map |
| Froncysyllte | pontcysyllte | Open map |
| Horseshoe Falls, Llantysilio | pontcysyllte | Open map |
| Chirk Aqueduct | pontcysyllte | Open map |
| Chirk Tunnel | pontcysyllte | Open map |
| Llangollen Wharf | pontcysyllte | Open map |
| Froghall Tunnel, Caldon Canal | froghall-tunnel | Open map |
| Flint Mill Lock (Lock 17) | froghall-tunnel | Open map |
| Froghall Wharf | froghall-tunnel | Open map |
| Consall Forge | froghall-tunnel | Open map |
| Cheddleton Flint Mill | froghall-tunnel | Open map |
| Hazelhurst Aqueduct | froghall-tunnel | Open map |
| Uttoxeter Canal, Froghall | froghall-tunnel | Open map |
| Churnet Valley Railway, Froghall | froghall-tunnel | Open map |
| Beverley Beck | beverley | Open map |
| Crown and Anchor (Tickton / Hull Bridge) | beverley | Open map |
| Driffield River Head | driffield | Open map |
| Wansford locks | driffield | Open map |
| Trout Inn, Wansford | driffield | Open map |
| Town Lock, Driffield | driffield | Open map |
| Whinhill Lock | driffield | Open map |
| Wansford Bridge (Skerne Road) | driffield | Open map |
| Snakeholme Lock | driffield | Open map |
| Shropshire Union Canal (Chester side) | historic-boat-convoy | Open map |
| National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port | historic-boat-convoy | Open map |
| Ellesmere Port canal | historic-boat-convoy | Open map |
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