Trent and Mersey Canal: Sharing a Big Lock
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Trent and Mersey Canal: Sharing a Big Lock
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton Taken: 2 Apr 2015
As can be seen in this picture, there is plenty of room here for two narrowboats side by side. Such and arrangement saves water. In the days of working boats, a pair of boats (motor and butty) were often tied together side by side when working through a sequence of wide locks, e.g. those at Hatton on the Grand Union Canal. Such boats were said to be 'breasted up'.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.197346
Longitude
-2.448125