Bingley to Skipton (3) - Leeds and Liverpool Canal

Bingley 5-rise staircase locks, looking up
Looking west directly up the spectacular staircase of 5 locks at Bingley.
Bingley 5-rise staircase locks, looking up
Looking west directly up the spectacular staircase of 5 locks at Bingley.
(A larger version of this picture can be found at
Pennine Waterways Computer Desktop Wallpaper page.)
Bingley 5-rise staircase locks, lock chamber
A view of one of the empty lock chambers.
Bingley 5-rise staircase locks, side view
A side view of the locks showing the curved stonework between the locks.
Bingley 5-rise staircase locks, Barry Whitelock
Barry Whitelock, for many years well-known as the lock keeper at Bingley, watching carefully over boats in the locks.
Bingley 5-rise staircase locks, scissor paddles
Ratchet mechanism on "scissor" gate paddles at Bingley 5-rise locks.
Bingley 5-rise staircase locks, box clough paddles
Barry Whitelock operating a box clough ground paddle at Bingley 5-rise locks.
Bingley 5-rise staircase locks, looking down
The view looking back down the 5 staircase locks with stone woollen mills at Bingley in the background.
Bingley 5-rise staircase locks, looking down
Looking back down the 5 staircase locks.
Bingley 5-rise staircase locks, top lock
The top lock of the five-rise staircase locks, looking east towards Bingley.