Bath Locks (Widcombe)
Urban flight from the Avon into Bath — Britain’s second-deepest canal lock, Bolinder sound and lock-craft videos, and an honest call for true Bolinder-at-Bath film.
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Locations
Heritage waterways for Bolinder context — Bath Deep Lock, Caen Hill (Devizes flight), and Crofton Beam Engines on the Kennet and Avon, Pontcysyllte Aqueduct on the Llangollen Canal (world's tallest navigable canal aqueduct), the Falkirk Wheel in Scotland (related-waterways engineering, not an engine page), Froghall Tunnel on the Caldon Canal (CRT Tunnel 54, extremely low headroom), East Yorkshire archive locations (Beverley Beck and the Driffield Navigation), and a Shropshire Union historic-boat convoy toward Ellesmere Port.
These are heritage field notes, not a travel guide. Bath Locks, Caen Hill Locks, and Crofton Beam Engines add Kennet and Avon stories with curated video (summit steam pumps at Crofton; lock flights at Caen Hill and Bath). Pontcysyllte is the iron trough over the Dee (say Pont-cuss-ill-tuh). The Falkirk Wheel is a related-waterways engineering note (rotating boat lift, not Bolinder history). Froghall Tunnel is a related-waterways place note (CRT Tunnel 54 — very short, extremely low). Beverley and Driffield keep the East Yorkshire archive photographs from the original site.
Caen Hill Locks (Devizes flight)
Say Caen like “cane”. Twenty-nine locks with the famous middle sixteen and side pounds — not a true staircase; Bolinder sound stand-ins and an honest media gap.
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Crofton Beam Engines
Two steam beam engines near Great Bedwyn lift water into the Kennet and Avon summit so boats can lock. Honest media gap for Bolinder film.
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The Falkirk Wheel
The world’s only rotating boat lift — a 24 metre turn that keeps its water and uses about 1.5 kWh. Related-waterways engineering, not Bolinder engine history.
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Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
Say Pont-cuss-ill-tuh. World's tallest navigable canal aqueduct (about 126 ft), Britain's longest, UNESCO 2009 — related waterways, not Bolinder engine history.
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Froghall Tunnel
A 75-yard hole with about 5 ft of headroom. Chimney off, gauge at Flint Mill, and a famous squeeze — related waterways, not Bolinder engine history.
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Beverley Beck
Beck, lock and river approaches near Beverley — moorings, yard character, and the tidal connection toward the Hull.
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Driffield Navigation
Keels to a Wolds market town. River Head cranes, restored locks, and the 1967 fixed bridge at Wansford that still stops full-length boats from the tideway.
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Historic boat convoy
About forty historic narrowboats in Easter convoy — painted Bolinder close-up, National Waterways Museum gathering, and Clematis (Peaky Blinders).
Open location →Places on the map
Map links for places named on the location pages (heritage notes, not a navigation guide).
| Place | Page | Map |
|---|---|---|
| Bath Locks / Widcombe | bath-locks | Open map |
| Bath Deep Lock | bath-locks | Open map |
| Pulteney Bridge, Bath | bath-locks | Open map |
| Sydney Gardens, Bath | bath-locks | Open map |
| Halfpenny Bridge / Bath Spa | bath-locks | Open map |
| Caen Hill Locks, Devizes | caen-hill-locks | Open map |
| Foxhangers Canal Hire, Devizes | caen-hill-locks | Open map |
| Crofton Pumping Station / Beam Engines | crofton-beam-engines | Open map |
| Wilton Water (Crofton reservoir) | crofton-beam-engines | Open map |
| Wilton Windmill | crofton-beam-engines | Open map |
| Great Bedwyn | crofton-beam-engines | Open map |
| Lock 60 / Engine Pound, Crofton | crofton-beam-engines | Open map |
| The Falkirk Wheel, Tamfourhill | falkirk-wheel | Open map |
| Forth and Clyde Canal, Falkirk | falkirk-wheel | Open map |
| Union Canal, Falkirk | falkirk-wheel | Open map |
| Rough Castle Tunnel | falkirk-wheel | Open map |
| Antonine Wall (Falkirk Wheel) | falkirk-wheel | Open map |
| Pontcysyllte Aqueduct | pontcysyllte | Open map |
| Trevor Basin | pontcysyllte | Open map |
| Froncysyllte | pontcysyllte | Open map |
| Horseshoe Falls, Llantysilio | pontcysyllte | Open map |
| Chirk Aqueduct | pontcysyllte | Open map |
| Chirk Tunnel | pontcysyllte | Open map |
| Llangollen Wharf | pontcysyllte | Open map |
| Froghall Tunnel, Caldon Canal | froghall-tunnel | Open map |
| Flint Mill Lock (Lock 17) | froghall-tunnel | Open map |
| Froghall Wharf | froghall-tunnel | Open map |
| Consall Forge | froghall-tunnel | Open map |
| Cheddleton Flint Mill | froghall-tunnel | Open map |
| Hazelhurst Aqueduct | froghall-tunnel | Open map |
| Uttoxeter Canal, Froghall | froghall-tunnel | Open map |
| Churnet Valley Railway, Froghall | froghall-tunnel | Open map |
| Beverley Beck | beverley | Open map |
| Crown and Anchor (Tickton / Hull Bridge) | beverley | Open map |
| Driffield River Head | driffield | Open map |
| Wansford locks | driffield | Open map |
| Trout Inn, Wansford | driffield | Open map |
| Town Lock, Driffield | driffield | Open map |
| Whinhill Lock | driffield | Open map |
| Wansford Bridge (Skerne Road) | driffield | Open map |
| Snakeholme Lock | driffield | Open map |
| Shropshire Union Canal (Chester side) | historic-boat-convoy | Open map |
| National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port | historic-boat-convoy | Open map |
| Ellesmere Port canal | historic-boat-convoy | Open map |
Related: Sound & video · Not Bolinder · Photo gallery · Boat stories · History · Caen Hill Locks · Crofton Beam Engines · Falkirk Wheel · Froghall Tunnel · Pontcysyllte · Historic boat convoy