People inside a drained lock chamber, walking round & looking at renovation work - open day, Bingley's Five Rise Locks, West Yorkshire, England, UK.

• Contributor: Ian Lamond / Alamy Stock Photo
• Image ID: DDAAJ3
• File size: 32.6 MB (1.6 MB Compressed download)
• Releases: Model - no | Property - no
• Dimensions: 2752 x 4135 px | 23.3 x 35 cm | 9.2 x 13.8 inches | 300dpi
• Date taken: 28 January 2012
• Location: Bingley, West Yorkshire, England, GB, Great Britain, UK, United Kingdom

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Visitors to Bingley’s world-famous Five Rise Locks are seen having a rare glimpse of parts of the engineering masterpiece normally hidden underwater. British Waterways drained the Grade I listed structure for maintenance revealing the bottom of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal . The work included replacing four of the six gates on the 18th century structure to improve safety.

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