The Anderton Boat Lift

Introduction

The photograph on this page of The Anderton Boat Lift by Alan Pennington as part of the Geograph project.

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The Anderton Boat Lift

Image: © Alan Pennington Taken: 21 Dec 2005

This bit of history has been fully restored, it lifts barges from the river up to the canal some fifty feet above the river waters.

Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

Image Location

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Latitude
53.272963
Longitude
-2.53064