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The Aire and Calder Navigation
The main line runs from Goole Dock to Castleford where it splits in two sections. One goes to the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Wakefield and the other to Leeds and the junction with the Leeds Liverpool Canal. Goole to Leeds is 34 miles with 13 locks, Castleford to Wakefield 7½ miles with 4 locks.
In 1700 the River Aire was made navigable with great commercial success.
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The River Aire reaches Leeds city centre having followed the Leeds & Liverpool Canal since Gargrave. The River Aire disappears underneath Leeds railway station and emerges from the archeways on the other side as the Aire and Calder Navigation. At River Lock it passes by the end of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal and then flows under Victoria Bridge. |
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The Aire and Calder Navigation |
The arches under Leeds station |
Victoria Bridge |
The River Aire |
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Leeds Bridge |
Brewery Wharf |
Evening at the River |
Brewery Wharf |
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The River Aire |
River Aire Barges |
Crown Point Bridge |
Crown Point Bridge |
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Crown Point Bridge |
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Here there is overnight mooring, longterm mooring, pump out, showers and toilets for boaters. |
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Clarence Dock |
Clarence Dock |
Clarence Dock |
Clarence Dock |
Leeds Lock drops boats down 4 feet 6 inches. The lock, like all the locks on the Aire and Calder, is operated mechanically. There are lock keepers who move up and down the system but all locks can be self-operated. The lock has traffic lights to control the use of the lock. |
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The River Aire |
Nr Leeds Lock |
Leeds Lock |
Leeds Lock |
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Leeds Lock |
Leeds Lock |
Waymarker at the River Aire |
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The River Aire |
The River Aire |
Barge on the
River Aire |
Barge on the
River Aire |
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