Lock 59 On The Leeds Liverpool Canal - Whittle-Le-Woods, UK - Waterway Locks, Planes and Lifts on Waymarking.com

The lock is on the Leeds Liverpool Canal. The locks on this canal were designed to carry the ‘short boats’ that had twice the capacity of the narrow boats used on other canals.

The locks therefore had to be wide enough to allow the 62 feet long, 14 feet wide boats through them. Most of the locks were also grouped together to give long runs between the locks and this is the fourth in a group of seven known as Johnson's Hillock locks. This whole group of seven locks is an English Heritage Grade II listed building

The boats were mainly used to carry bulk cargoes such as coal, stone and limestone. Commercial traffic ceased in 1964, but the locks are still used to carry leisure boats which have become very popular. Ironically the leisure craft are normally narrow boats, because there are links to other canals, and wider boats would not be able to pass through the locks on the other canals.

The construction of the canal was started in 1770 and the first section opened in 1774. The last section of the canal including this lock was completed in 1816.

Waterway Name: The Leeds & Liverpool Canal Connected Points: Connects the City of Leeds with the City of Liverpool Type: Lock Date Opened: 01/01/1816 Elevation Difference (meters): 3.00 Site Status: Operational Web Site: [Web Link] Date Closed (if applicable): Not listed

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