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Here's the problem, how do you get fully loaded 70ft long barges up the 50 ft between The River Weaver and The Trent and Mersey Canal when you can't build a flight of locks? The answer is easy; you build The Anderton Boat Lift. This wonderful structure was built in 1875 and brilliantly provides the solution to the above problem. If you would like to try it out then click HERE. The small town of Northwich in Cheshire has built a wonderful nature reserve an country park around The Lift, the canal and the river. On the other side of the river stands the giant chemical works on which Northwich's fortunes are based.
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