Bingley Three Rise Locks is a staircase of threelocks on theLeeds and Liverpool Canal atBingley,West Yorkshire, England. The locks are a Grade II*listed building.[1]
The locks were designed byJohn Longbotham and opened in 1774. The stone locks are still operational and underwent major refurbishment including the installation of new lock gates in 2015.
TheLeeds and Liverpool Canal is acanal inNorthern England, linking the cities ofLeeds andLiverpool. It covers a distance of 127 miles (204 km), it crosses thePennines, and includes 91 locks on the main line.[2] The canal was planned byJames Brindley and authorised by anAct of Parliament in 1768.[1]
The Bingley Three Rise Locks opened in 1774 and was a major feat of engineering at the time along with the largerFive Rise opened at the same time and several hundred metres further up.[3] They were designed byJohn Longbotham and consist of astaircase flight – the lower gate of one lock forming the upper gate of the next lock.[4]
In 1985 the locks were designated Grade II*listed status.[1] They are built with stone retaining walls with steps to enable access for those opening the lock gates. There are overflow channels in the top two chambers, that run into the by-wash that flows alongside.[1]
In 2007 the lock gates were refurbished[5] with full replacement of the gates taking place in December 2015. Hand-crafted English oak gates made at Stanley Ferry inWakefield and weighing 4.5 tonnes (5.0 tons) were swung into place on the locks in a £3.5 million restoration programme.[6][4][7][8][9]
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