General view of 8-lock staircase from West
SC 361773
Description General view of 8-lock staircase from West
Catalogue Number SC 361773
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of A 57647
Scope and Content View from west showing Neptune's Staircase on the Caledonian Canal, Banavie, Highland The Caledonian Canal was built by the engineer Thomas Telford between 1803 and 1822. Passing through the Great Glen from Loch Eil to the Beauly Firth, Inverness-shire, and costing almost £1million to build, it was a great engineering achievement. Telford (1757-1834) was employed directly by the Treasury to design the canal. This view shows eight of the series of 29 locks at Banavie, where ships had to be raised a vertical height of over 18m in a distance of 450m. Nicknamed Neptune's Staircase, these locks were built in a ladder formation. The canal is very narrow at this part, and there were often bottle-necks as only one ship could use it at a time. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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