Inland waterways Collection

Choose from 33 items in our Inland waterways Collection

Anderton Boat Lift N000041
ANDERTON BOAT LIFT, Cheshire. Floodlit, night view of the boat lift from the west. It was built in 1875 to carry goods between the River Weaver and the Trent & Mersey Canal

Caen Hill Locks 29613_014
Caen Hill Locks, Kennet and Avon Canal, Devizes, Wiltshire, 2015

Gloucester Docks c. 1880 CC53_00092
GLOUCESTER DOCKS, Gloucestershire. The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal was built to specifications that allowed ocean going vessels to reach Gloucester, despite its distance from the sea

Foxton Locks
Staircase flight of 10 locks on the Grand Union Canal. Foxton, Leicestershire. IoE 191334

Grand Union Canal a064515
GRAND UNION CANAL, Little Venice, London. Canal boats moored on the Grand Union Canal at Little Venice, Paddington, looking along the water towards the Westbourne Terrace Road Bridge

Anderton Boat Lift a99_09245
ANDERTON BOAT LIFT, Cheshire. Floodlit night view from the west. The Boat Lift opened in 1875. It was built to transfer canal boats between the River Weaver Navigation and the Trent & Mersey Canal

Canal Lock 35109_022
A widebeam canal boat ascending the Hanwell Lock Flight on the Grand Union Canal, Greater London, 2021

Canalside JLP01_10_49387a
NATIONAL INDOOR ARENA, KING EDWARDS ROAD, BIRMINGHAM. A view looking north west across the canal towards the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham

Canalside JLP01_10_49387b
NATIONAL INDOOR ARENA, KING EDWARDS ROAD, BIRMINGHAM. A view from Cambrian Wharf looking south west towards the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, which is in the final stages of construction

Crossing a canal JLP01_08_084424
STAFFORDSHIRE. A sheet pile cofferdam being constructed across a canal on the route of the Barlaston pipeline, as a narrow boat passes by

Birmingham Canal Navigations Head Office BCN01_01_01
Birmingham Canal Navigations Head Office, Paradise Street, Birmingham. Exterior view showing the front elevation in 1876. The gateways through this building gave access to the Old Wharf canal

Caen Hill Locks 29613_012
Caen Hill Locks, Kennet and Avon Canal, Devizes, Wiltshire, 2015

Delph Locks
A closely-spaced flight of narrow locks on the Stourbridge Canal. Known locally as " Nine Locks" although only eight now remain. IoE 217976

Wootton Wawen Aqueduct 20138_13
Aqueduct at Wootton Wawen, near Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire. The aqueduct carries the Stratford-on-Avon Canal over the main road. Barges are moored in the basin just beyond the aqueduct

Wherry, Norfolk a98_09263
River Yare, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. In much of East Anglia, waterways offered a ready means of transport for bulk goods, and the traditional working boat was called a wherry

Grand Union Canal a065340
GRAND UNION CANAL, London. A view from a misty canal towpath showing a man steering an industrial canal barge along the canal towards a road bridge. Photograph 1955-1965, John Gay

Five Rise Locks
One of the greatest feats of enginering of the canal age. Located on the Leeds And Liverpool Canal, West Yorkshire. IoE 337964

Entrance Lock to Former East India Dock Basin IoE 441617
Lock with Millenium Dome in Background. IoE 441617

Belchers Lift Bridge
One of an important series of Oxford canal lift-bridges, of a type now rare in England. IoE 423607

Crane, Shropshire Union Canal
Picturesque view of boats on the canal with the crane behind. IoE 255688

Roving Bridge, Bordesley Junction
Cast Iron bridge over the Birmingham and Warwick Canal, Birmingham, West Midlands. IoE 217131

Frozen Canal CC025434
Grand Union Canal, Hounslow, Greater London. A man standing by the damaged canal bank with a boat in the broken ice in the foreground, and Kew Bridge Pumping Station in the distance

Windmill, Norfolk OP04512
Horsey Drainage Mill, Norfolk. A 4 storey red brick tower wind pump with a boat shaped cap, petticoat, gallery and four sails

Salters Bros. boatyard in 1900 CC74_00380
SALTERS YARD, Oxford, Oxfordshire. Looking across the Thames at Folly Bridge toward the Salter Brothers boatyard, established in 1858

Regents Canal a065421
REGENTS CANAL, Little Venice, London. A view north east along Regents Canal in Little Venice, looking through the decorative railings of Warwick Avenue Bridge

Bridges over the Regents Canal a065309
REGENTS CANAL, London. A view looking along a stretch of Regents Canal, showing the spans of two bridges, one iron and one brick, that cross the canal within a few metres of each other

Horse and canal barge a064520
GRAND UNION CANAL, Paddington, London. A white horse tethered to railings on the tow path by two moored canal barges. Photographed by John Gay. Date range: January 1962 - May 1964

Hampstead Road Canal Lock a065322
HAMPSTEAD ROAD CANAL LOCK, Regents Canal, Camden Town, Greater London. A view looking north east towards Hampstead Road Lock from the towpath beside Regents Canal

Hampstead Road Canal Lock a065304
HAMPSTEAD ROAD CANAL LOCK, Regents Canal, Camden Town, Greater London. A view of Hampstead Road Lock, showing in the foreground a uniformed man jumping from one opening lock gate to the other

Kings Cross Gas Holders J890288
KINGS CROSS GAS HOLDERS, London. View from the canal looking south with St Pancras Station in the distance

Canal lock
Wintery shot of the lock adjacent bridge No.108 on Shropshire Union Canal, Tiverton, Cheshire. IoE 55832

Kirkstall Lock
The lock raises the canal approx 2m. Leeds And Liverpool Canal, West Yorkshire. IoE 465967

Suspension Bridge
Footbridge over the River Great Ouse in Bedford dated 1888. Designed by John Webster with ironwork by E Page and Co of Bedford. Iron bow string lattice girder bridge of 100 ft (30 metre) span

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