The Anderton Boat Lift by Narrowboat

In this weeks video we take a trip to the Anderton Boat lift. We cruise along the Trent and Mersey canal in a narrowboat and then descend in This Cast Iron giant of Victorian engineering down to the River Weaver Navigation. The Anderton boat lift is one of only two boat lifts in the UK , the other being the Falkirk wheel. The Anderton being much older built in 1875. The Boat lift is made of Cast iron and is a triumph of Victorian engineering built for the canal age. It has a unique place in British Industrial history as it was nearly lost in the 1980's due to corrosion but saved by the National lottery and the community. The Boats are lifted and descend in cast Iron tanks called Caissons there is a single Hydraulic ram underneath each caisson. This is a unique feature along Britains waterways and canals. A leviathan of Industrial History. We also take a look at Hunts Lock at the town of Northwich in Cheshire. Thank you to Stuart from the Canal and River trust for chatting to us.

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