2019

SJ6475 : Anderton boat lift - view from outside the visitor centre

taken 5 years ago, near to Anderton, Cheshire West And Chester, England

Anderton boat lift - view from outside the visitor centre
Anderton boat lift - view from outside the visitor centre
The lower level of the site alongside the Weaver Navigation includes a refreshment tent, children's playground and a maze made from the old counterweights. Part of the area was formerly occupied by a second canal basin. Across the river is the Winnington chemical works.
Anderton Boat Lift

Ranking alongside the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct as one of the great icons of the British canal network, the boat lift at Anderton was an ingenious Victorian solution to the problem of transferring boats the 50 feet between the Trent and Mersey Canal and the River Weaver. It was originally built in 1875 with two caisson, one of which is lowered as the other is raised. In the original design, steam operated hydraulic rams were assisted by pumping some water out of the ascending caisson, thus making it lighter. Unfortunately the equipment proved unreliable mainly due to corrosion caused by using polluted canal water for the hydraulics, and the lift was extensively modified in 1908 using an electric system. The lift had to be closed again in 1983 when corrosion was found in the superstructure and it seemed unlikely that it would ever operate again; contemporary photographs show the lift in a very dilapidated condition. However, towards the end of the 1990s, with a contribution from the Heritage Lottery Fund, money was raised to restore the lift using a version of the original hydraulic system - this time using oil rather than canal water. The fully restored lift was opened in 2002 and is now a major tourist attraction as well as an important component of the canal network.

Winnington chemical works (Brunner Mond) :: SJ6474

The Winnington Alkali Works on the banks of the river Weaver in Northwich started in 1874, founded by John Brunner and Ludwig Mond. It became part of Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) in 1926, until 1991 when it regained its independence under the name 'Brunner Mond' again (a name by which it is still known locally). In 2005 it was acquired by Tata Chemicals rebranded as Tata Chemicals Europe. The business merged with the nearby British Salt works in Middlewich in 2011. The Winnington works primarily produces sodium bicarbonate.


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Stephen Craven   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 23 June, 2019   (more nearby)
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Saturday, 20 July, 2019
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 6474 7521 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:16.3617N 2:31.8112W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 6475 7528
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