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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Lockington Locks
The stone walls in this picture are a lot bigger than they look! We had a lot of fun exploring the ruins of these five locks lined up back to back. They allowed canal boats to travel 67 feet up the hill. When a boat entered into a lock, the gates were closed behind it, then the water was raised or lowered so the boat could go forward into the next lock. The Lockington Locks were used from 1825 until the great flood of 1913 devastated the canal. But the massive locks survived to this day!
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That's impressive. Looks like the foundation of an ancient castle.
That's amazing, I wonder how they built those without any cranes?
Shouldn't they be recycling those?
It must have something to walk around those massive walls! I wonder if it's kind of dangerous because they might cave in!
It is a wonder no one has torn down the locks to reuse. One of them was reinforced with scaffolding to keep it from caving in.
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