Dalmuir Drop-Lock
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Dalmuir Drop-Lock by Gordon Brown as part of the Geograph project.
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Dalmuir Drop-Lock
Image: © Gordon Brown Taken: 8 May 2017
This was the first drop-lock in the UK; the concept is unusual as the road does not lift or move out of the way to let vessels pass, but rather the water in the lock lowers to permit the vessel to progress UNDER the non-moving road-bridge.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.909591
Longitude
-4.426695