Saturday 10 August 2013

Anderton Boat Lift.

IMG_3870 Boat Lift IMG_3871 Dove from above IMG_3872 going up

Another boat went ahead of us into the lift, then we crept slowly in beside him. The ‘Dove from above’ came to wish us luck on our descent! Looking down we could see the trip boat entering the lower caisson to come up.

IMG_3874 going down IMG_3875 IMG_3877

Here we are halfway down passing the trip-boat ascending. Originally the hydraulic system worked with water but because of it’s high salt content it caused corrosion. Now oil is used and the large tube can be seen here pushing the right caisson up. Then we breathed a sigh of relief as we emerged out onto the River Weaver past the busy Brunner-Mond (ICI ?) works, which I think, produces Soda Ash.

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