A winding narrowboat near Anderton, Cheshire
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A winding narrowboat near Anderton, Cheshire
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 29 Aug 2011
The Trent and Mersey Canal. When a narrowboat is turning through 180° it is said to be winding (rhyme the wind with tinned). This may have something to do with the assistance the wind would provide (or not) in turning an unpowered boat before steam and diesel engines were invented. On narrow canals there are wider places called winding holes specifically provided for the purpose of turning round seventy foot long vessels. The winding hole opposite Anderton lift is much larger, because the boats using the Trent and Mersey Canal here, the Bridgewater Canal and the River Weaver were not restricted to seven feet in width, the maximum beam accommodated being 14ft 9in.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.274244
Longitude
-2.529516