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| Bingley Five Rise Locks, North Yorkshire | ||
| Bingley Five Rise Locks | ||
| site name:- | Leeds and Liverpool Canal | |
| locality:- | Bingley | |
| county:- | North Yorkshire | |
| locality type:- | canal lock | |
| 1Km square:- | SE1139 (?) | |
| 10Km square:- | SE13 | |
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| evidence:- | descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by
William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in
London, 1778 to 1821. goto sourceTour to the Caves in the West Riding of Yorkshire, late 18th century Page 281:- "... At Bingly we were entertained with the locks: there are five or six of them together, where the barges ascend or descend eighty or ninety feet perpendicular, in the distance of about an hundred yards. They are elegant and well finished, but seem too deep not to leak and be frequently out of repair." |
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