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Gairlochy West Locks General View
SC 556403
Description Gairlochy West Locks General View
Date 8/8/1979
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 556403
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Gairlochy Locks, Caledonian Canal, Inverness-shire These locks are at the south-west end of Loch Lochy, and take the level of the canal down to a pound which runs through to the top lock at Banavie (Neptune's Staircase). The upper lock was added as a regulating and flood-control lock. This view shows a Royal Fleet Auxiliary water tender 'Waterside' entering the lower lock from the south west. This was a sea-going vessel. The pulley on the right at one time supported a chain which could be raised to stop vessels hitting the lock gates. The lock gates on the canal were originally manually operated, by chains wound round vertical windlasses turned by capstans at lockside level, The gates were converted to hydraulic operation from the late 1950s. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H79/139/9
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/556403
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