Caledonian Canal- Telfords Marvel on PhotoPeach The Caledonian Canal. There was never a huge amount of boat traffic through the canal when I was young. You could wait for hours to see the locks being opened and usually it was a number of small boats what went through at once, but it was fun to watch. The huge gates were opened by a series of levers in some locks all by hand until diesel generators made the change to a more mechanical operation. Lock-keepers were employed there to do this j...
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