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It's a cliché, I know, but it's almost impossible to walk by this spot without making a photo.
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Rideau Canal • Ottawa
On the Wilford Suspension Bridge over the Trent at Nottingham.
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Kodak UltraMax 400 (expired July 2010, shot at 160)
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The lock gates are expertly crafted and all made by hand. The great canal walks, 7-mile route combines natural delights with incredible the man-made wonders and has some thrilling views along the way.
Foxton Locks are ten canal locks consisting of two "staircases" each of five locks, located on the Leicester line of the Grand Union Canal about 5 km west of the Leicestershire town of Market Harborough and are named after the nearby village of Foxton.
Staircase locks are used where a canal needs to climb a steep hill, and consist of a group of locks where each lock opens directly into the next, that is, where the bottom gates of one lock form the top gates of the next.
Foxton Locks are the largest flight of such staircase locks on the English canal system.
The Grade II* listed locks are a popular tourist attraction and the county council has created a country park at the top.
Alongside the locks is the site of the Foxton Inclined Plane, an inclined plane built in 1900 as a solution to various operational restrictions imposed by the lock flight. It was not a commercial success and remained in full-time operation for only ten years. It was dismantled in 1926, but a project to re-create the Plane commenced in the 2000s, since the locks remain a bottleneck for boat traffic.
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Done for Kreative People's Treat This 353 challenge and using all four of abstractartangel77's fractal images offered up for abuse and manipulation and of which can be found in the first comment box... thanks Sandy!
Locks and railing from a shot I took the other day of the old St. Paul St W bridge in St. Catharines.
Nate (?) and Shari perhaps... hope things are still working out for them.
Went with my bud Purple Dude on Saturday out to the Locks and on to Lancaster. After seeing epic light last weekend I was hoping the same would happen and I thought the big guy could throw in a rainbow as well but this was all I got :( Happy Monday :) :) :)
Bratch Locks are a delightful feature of the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal situated in the leafy outskirts of Wombourne. They are a legacy of James Brindley and offer visitors the chance to explore semi-rural South Staffordshire conveniently.
The Rideau Canal is a waterway that connects the Ottawa River in Ottawa with Lake Ontario at Kingston, Ontario. The first 8 locks in Ottawa raise the level of the canal 30 feet to the Rideau River, bypassing Rideau Falls. The locks were completed in 1831 and the entire canal in 1832. Originally for commercial use, it is now mostly pleasure craft and sightseeing. This picture shows the close proximity of the locks to the Chateau Laurier hotel.
Something different that I stumbled across on my trip to Toowoomba last weekend ...
THE sheer weight of Toowoomba's love for their partners has made one of the city's most romantic spots a safety hazard.
The fence overlooking the waterfall at Picnic Point has become an iconic spot for Toowoomba lovers to show their affection for their partners.
But the more than 250 padlocks on the aging fence have damaged the railing, prompting council to replace it and remove the locks.
But don't be concerned if you have affixed a lock - you have three months to remove and reattach it to a purpose-built hitching rail.
Toowoomba Regional Council's Park and Recreation portfolio leader Cr Sue Englart said the council was not the "love grinch" and a new hitching rail had been set up so people could still symbolically show their devotion.
"Our point of view is that if you look at the fence, for safety's sake, it is a mess," she said.
"The whole fence is going to be removed and replaced.
"We don't want to be the grinch of love, or the lock grinch, but it needs to be safe."
Cr Englart said council made the decision to ensure the safety of residents and tourists and is calling on people to remove their padlocks and reattach them to the new railing.
"They have got three months to get their locks," she said.
"It is not our right to cut the lock so we're asking the people that kept the key to remove them."
Toowoomba is not the first council to remove love locks.
Extensive collections of the romantic gestures have been removed from iconic locations in Paris, the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City and Dublin, Ireland.
This is the final lock gate on the Forth and Clyde Canal, Scotland. There are 39 locks on the canal and the final one is called lock 40 (where is the missing lock you may ask?). The gates are about 20 feet / 6 metres high and hold in the water at Bowling Basin on the River Clyde. On this side of the lock it is open to the sea or the tidal part of the River Clyde, hence the seaweed clinging to the lock.
The Forth and Clyde Canal opened in 1790, crossing central Scotland; it provided a route for the seagoing vessels of the day between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde at the narrowest part of the Scottish Lowlands. It is 35 miles (56 km) long and it runs from the River Carron at Grangemouth to the River Clyde at Bowling.
This photo is a 25 second exposure in near darkness with a polarising filter to saturate the wonderful rusting iron and seaweed colours of the lock gate and the water escaping through the cracks in the gate.
Camden Locks -
Another night shot of the wonderful Victorian bridge over the Regent's Canal at Camden Locks in London.
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These are on a fence at a viewpoint for Mt Gambier blue lake.
Has always struck me as a strange "tradition" - and a waste of expensive good locks.
They seem to appear in all kinds of odd places.
Everyone to their own taste I guess!
A perfect lighting situation at the Ballard Locks in WA. I waited for the sun to pop thru the clouds for a dynamic look and stunning water reflections.
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Stonebridge Locks form part of the Lea navigation System. An important waterway at one time it was used to transport ammunition and gunpowder from Enfield to the River Thames. Here a working narrowboat along with a companion are ready to exit the locks heading north
Foxton Locks are the largest flight of staircase locks on the English canal system. The locks are equipped with side pounds, with white paddles emptying a lock into a side pound, and red paddles filling the next lock downstream from the pound. This saves water compared to the more common riser staircases, since changing the direction of traffic does not require emptying/filling almost all the locks.
I signed up for the Canal and River Trust Canalathon fundraiser this month (July 2022). The idea is to run or walk a total of 26.2 miles in July along local rivers and canals across England and Wales. I completed my 26.2 miles in almost one day with a 25.51 mile walk from Market Harborough to Leicester city centre. Earlier walks ensured I'd made my overall target. I plan to keep on canal/river walking in July and to add those walks to my overall total. You can see maps of my walks at www.justgiving.com/fundraising/brian-negus and, if you share my love of the English and Welsh waterways, any donations you feel able to make would be wonderful. I've also tweeted about my walks at www.twitter.com/BrianNegus.
This is part of the flight of 10 locks at Foxton Locks, where I took a brief lunch break after my first 5.8 miles. It is the steepest and longest staircase of locks in the UK. My path continues downhill to Leicester, not up that steep incline. I'm standing on an arched bridge over the canal to take this shot.