{"id":481,"date":"2024-09-09T22:09:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T22:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.etrr.co.uk\/?p=481"},"modified":"2026-01-31T07:22:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T07:22:33","slug":"remarkable-waterways-engineering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etrr.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/09\/09\/remarkable-waterways-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"Remarkable Waterways Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"520\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.etrr.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/17695519712394210870986319569898.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-482\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.etrr.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/17695519712394210870986319569898.jpg 520w, http:\/\/blog.etrr.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/17695519712394210870986319569898-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2024\/mar\/21\/bingley-steepest-lock-flight-250th-birthday-canal-funding\">article<\/a> from the Guardian showcases a remarkable aspect of the canals &#8211; a 250-year-old engineering marvel that continues to stand the test of time. However, concerns loom over a possible 40% reduction in funding for the Canal and River Trust (CRT), which could put their long term future in jeopardy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unlike most lock flights that have a space between each lock called a pound, where boats can pause or pass each other, the Bingley Five Rise is different. Each lock empties directly into the next, creating a continuous series of five locks without the usual gaps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s quite an experience to navigate!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class=\"rpbt_shortcode\">\n<h3>Related Posts<\/h3>\n<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/etrr.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/07\/20\/will-ai-leave-you-behind\/\">Will Escaping the Rat Race Leave You Behind?<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/etrr.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/06\/10\/why-the-llangollen-was-never-meant-to-carry-cargo\/\">Why the Llangollen Was Never Meant to Carry Cargo<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/etrr.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/04\/27\/the-canals-britains-first-railways\/\">From Coal to Calm: The Hidden History of Britain\u2019s Canals<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/etrr.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/03\/15\/original-working-narrowboats\/\">Working on the waterways: How it began!<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article from the Guardian showcases a remarkable aspect of the canals &#8211; a 250-year-old engineering marvel that continues to stand the test of time. However, concerns loom over a possible 40% reduction in funding for the Canal and River Trust (CRT), which could put their long term future in jeopardy. Unlike most lock flights [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/etrr.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/etrr.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/etrr.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etrr.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etrr.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/etrr.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":506,"href":"https:\/\/etrr.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481\/revisions\/506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/etrr.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etrr.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etrr.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}