The five-rise opened on 21 March 1774 and was a major feat of engineering at the time. When the locks and the canal from Gargrave to Thackley opened in 1774, a crowd of 30,000 people turned out to celebrate. The first boat to use the locks took just 28 minutes. The first trip was described in the Leeds Intelligencer.The smaller Bingley Three Rise Locks opened at the same time just a few hundred yards downstream.
3 окт 2024
