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nl Leeds-Liverpoolkanaal   ca. 204 km lang kanaal dat in een grote boog naar noorden door de graafschappen Yorkshire en Lancashire van Leeds naar Liverpool loopt en samen met de hoofdlijn van de Aire and Calder Navigation dwars door Engeland van Liverpool naar Hull gaat. Het L&L-kanaal werd tussen 1774 en 1816 in meerdere etappes geopend. Het oostelijk gedeelte Wigan to Leeds met 85 sluizen begint in Leeds en gaat tot Wigan, waar het westelijke gedeelte, Liverpool to Wigan, met 6 sluizen aansluit.
Het kanaalsysteem omvat verder de Springs Branch, en kort zijkanaal in Skipton; de Rufford Branch die het kanaal via de rivier Douglas met de Ribble verbindt; de Leigh Branch, een verbinding met het Bridgewaterkanaal in Leigh; de korte Stanley Dock Branch met het aansluitende Liverpool Link, sinds 2009 gereed, als route door de Liverpool Docks, en ten slotte twee doodlopende oude takken van het Lancasterkanaal.
Leeds and Liverpool Canal - Google Earth
de Leeds-Liverpool-Kanal rd. 204 km langer broad canal, der in einer weiten nach Norden führenden Schleife durch die Grafschaften Yorkshire und Lancashire von Leeds nach Liverpool führt und zusammen mit dem Hauptstrang der Aire and Calder Navigation eine Route quer durch Mittelengland bildet. Der L&L-Kanal wurde zwischen 1774 und 1816 in verschiedenen Teilen eröffnet. Der längere östliche (Wigan to Leeds) mit 85 Schleusen beginnt bei der A&C-Fahrt in Leeds und geht bis Wigan, wo der westliche Abschnitt Liverpool to Wigan mit sechs Schleusen anschließt.
Zum Kanal gehören außerdem: die Springs Branch, ein kurzer Stichkanal in Skipton; die Rufford Branch, die den Kanal über den River Douglas mit dem River Ribble verbindet; die Leigh Branch, eine Verbindung mit dem Bridgewater Canal in Leigh; die kurze Stanley Dock Branch zwischen dem Kanalende und den Liverpool Docks und das kürzlich fertiggestellte sog. Liverpool Link als Verbindung der Docks untereinander, und schließlich zwei tote Arme des ursprünglichen Lancaster Canal.
en Leeds and Liverpool Canal 127-mile long broad canal from Leeds to Liverpool through Yorkshire and Lancashire, England. Together with the mainline of the Aire and Calder Navigation it forms a route across the Midlands. The L&L Canal was built between 1774 and 1816 in several stages. The longer section from Wigan to Leeds with 85 locks begins at the Aire & Calder Navigation in Leeds and ends in Wigan where it connects to the western section Liverpool to Wigan with 6 locks.
A number of branches belong to the L&LC, such as a short branch canal in Skipton; the Rufford Branch that links the Canal to the River Ribble via the River Douglas; the Leigh Branch, a link with the Bridgewater Canal in Leigh; the short Stanley Dock Branch between the canal terminus and the Liverpool Docks and the Liverpool Link - a connection between docks -, and finally two arms of the original Lancaster Canal.
fr canal de Leeds à Liverpool  
Leeds and Liverpool Canal - Wigan to Lees at Silsden
           
#
name
miles
useable length x beam ft (m)
draught <
junctions
  Leeds and Liverpool Canal
Main Line
   
  Wigan to Leeds
92
62 x 14 (18,9 x 4,25)
   
1
River Lock, Leeds  
 
2
Office Lock        
3
St. Anne's Ing Lock        
4
Oddy Staircase Lock #1        
5
Oddy Staircase Lock #2        
6
Spring Garden's Lock        
7
Kirkstall Lock        
8
Kirkstall Forge Staircase Lock #1        
9
Kirkstall Forge Staircase Lock #2        
10
Kirkstall Forge Staircase Lock #3        
11
Newlay Staircase Lock #1        
12
Newlay Staircase Lock #2        
13
Newlay Staircase Lock #3        
14
Dobson Staircase Lock #1        
15
Dobson Staircase Lock #2        
16
Field Staircase Lock #1        
17
Field Staircase Lock #2        
18
Field Staircase Lock #3        
19
Hirst Lock        
20
Dowley Gap Staircase Lock #1        
21
Dowley Gap Staircase Lock #2        
22
Bingley 3 Rise Staircase Lock #1        
23
Bingley 3 Rise Staircase Lock #2        
24
Bingley 3 Rise Staircase Lock #3        
25
Bingley 5 Rise Staircase Lock #1        
26
Bingley 5 Rise Staircase Lock #2        
27
Bingley 5 Rise Staircase Lock #3        
28
Bingley 5 Rise Staircase Lock #4        
29
Bingley 5 Rise Staircase Lock #5        
30
Holme Bridge Lock        
31
Eshton Road Lock        
32
Higherland Lock        
33
Anchor Lock        
34
Scarland Lock        
35
Stegneck Lock        
36
Bank Newton Bottom Lock        
37
Bank Newton Lock #5        
38
Bank Newton Lock #4        
39
Bank Newton Lock #3        
40
Bank Newton #2        
41
Bank Newton Top Lock        
42
Greenberfield Bottom Lock        
43
Greenberfield Middle Lock        
44
Greenberfield Top Lock        
45
Barrowford Top Lock        
46
Barrowford Lock #2        
47
Barrowford Lock #3        
48
Barrowford Lock #4        
49
Barrowford Lock #5        
50
Barrowford Lock #6        
51
Barrowford Bottom Lock        
52
Blackburn Top Lock        
53
Blackburn Lock #2        
54
Blackburn Lock #3        
55
Blackburn Lock #4        
56
Blackburn Lock #5        
57
Blackburn Bottom Lock        
58
Johnson's Hillock Top Lock        
59
Johnson's Hillock Lock #2        
60
Johnson's Hillock Lock #3        
61
Johnson's Hillock Lock #4        
62
Johnson's Hillock Lock #5        
63
Johnson's Hillock Lock #6        
64
Johnson's Hillock Bottom Lock        
65
Wigan Top Lock        
66
Wigan Lock #2        
67
Wigan Lock #3        
68
Wigan Lock #4        
69
Wigan Lock #5        
70
Wigan Lock #6        
71
Wigan Lock #7        
72
Wigan Lock #8        
73
Wigan Lock #9        
74
Wigan Lock #10        
75
Wigan Lock #11        
76
Wigan Lock #12        
77
Wigan Lock #13        
78
Wigan Lock #14        
79
Wigan Lock #15        
80
Wigan Lock #16        
81
Wigan Lock #17        
82
Wigan Lock #18        
83
Wigan Lock #19        
84
Wigan Lock #20        
85
Wigan Bottom Lock        
Liverpool to Wigan
35
72 x 14 (21,95 x 4,25)
   
86
Henhurst Lock        
87
Wigan Bottom (Dock Yard) Lock        
88
Pagefield        
89
Ell Meadow        
90
Dean        
91
Appley        
           
Leigh Branch
7.3
Leigh Bridge No.11 <> Wigan Jction
  Bridgewater Canal (Stretford and Leigh Branch)
Leeds and Liverpool Canal Main Line
     
72 x 14 (21,95 x 4,25)
   
1
Poolstock Top Lock        
2
Poolstock Bottom Lock        
         
  Stanley Dock Branch
0.25
Stanley Dock Cut Jction <> Stanley Dock
  L&L Canal Main Line - Liverpool to Wigan
     
72 x 14 (21,95 x 4,25)
   
1
Stanley Top Lock        
2
Stanley Lock #2        
3
Stanley Lock #3        
4
Stanley Bottom Lock        
           
Liverpool Link
1.4
Stanley Dock <> Salthouse Dock
  L&L Canal - Stanley Dock Branch
   
72 x 14 (21,95 x 4,25)
   
1
Princes Dock Lock        
2
Mann Island Lock        
           
Walton Summit Branch
0.25
Walton Summit Branch Jction
<>
Town Lane Bridge
  L&L Canal Main Line - Wigan to Leeds
   
-- x 14 (-- x 4,25)
   
           
  Springs Branch
0.5
Skipton Jction <> Skipton Rock
  L&L Canal Main Line - Wigan to Leeds
   
62 x 14 (18,9 x 4,25)
   
   
   
  Rufford Branch
7.3
Lathom Jction <> Tarleton Jction
  L&L Canal Main Line - Liverpool to Wigan
River Douglas
     
62 x 14 (18,9 x 4,25)
   
1
Lathom Locks #1        
2
Lathom Lock #2        
3
Runnel Brow Lock        
4
Moss Lock        
5
German's Lock        
6
Chicken Lock        
7
Rufford Lock        
8
Tarleton Lock        
           
reparaturen aan de Bingley Five Rise Staircase sluizen op het Leeds-Liverpoolkanaal
Reparaturen an den Bingley Five Rise Staircase-Schleusen am Leeds-Liverpool-Kanal
Repairs at Bingley Five Rise staircase locks on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
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