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	Anderton Boat Lift - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Anderton Boat Lift provides a link between two navigable waterways: the River Weaver and the Trent and Mersey Canal, and is situated near the village of Anderton, near Northwich, in north Cheshire, north-west England.
		As the river is approximately 50ft (16m) lower than the canal, the boat lift provided an alternative to a prolonged series of locks: as the river and canal run very close together, there was little space for the locks.
		The only other working boat lift in the United Kingdom is the Falkirk Wheel in Scotland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anderton_Boat_Lift (364 words)

	Anderton Boat Lift
		A structure of elegant simplicity, the Anderton Boat Lift is considered by many to be one of the great engineering feats of the 19th century.
		Anderton was identified as an ideal location, the two waterways running roughly parallel at this point with a horizontal gap of only 400ft (121m), and a vertical difference of approximately 50ft (15m).
		Although it would still be many years before a boat lift was constructed, the initial concept was to enable cargoes to be transhipped from canal boats to river boats and vice versa.
	www.theheritagetrail.co.uk /industrial/anderton_lift.htm (951 words)

	WREN - Anderton Boat Lift
		The Anderton Boat Lift is a scheduled ancient monument located near Northwich, between the Trent and Mersey Canal and the Weaver Navigation.
		Constructed in 1875 the lift was the first of its kind in the work and a major engineering achievement, utilising a hydraulic lift system to raise and lower barges and canal boats the 50ft difference in height between the two waterways.
		Not just in the fact that the world’s first boat lift had been restored but that this showed how a partnership of public, private and voluntary organisations could work together on a waterway restoration to create a project which will have a major impact on the lives of local people.
	www.wren.org.uk /projects-and-areas/cheshire/anderton-boat-lift (298 words)

	12-04-2005 Boat Lift : British Waterways
		Anderton Boat Lift, Cheshire's premier working heritage monument is looking to a record breaking fourth season after the Easter Holiday produced bumper crowds and record receipts.
		Anderton Boat Lift was opened in March 2002 following a hugely successful £7m fundraising drive to restore the famous Victorian structure after 20 years of closure and decay.
		Anderton Boat Lift is one of the “seven wonders of the waterways” and a major national tourist attraction.
	www.britishwaterways.co.uk /newsroom/stories/boat_lift.html (699 words)

	ELEVATOR WORLD May 1997 -- Anderton Boat Lift Update (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		As the use of the lift gradually declined, with the ending of commercial traffic in the early 1960s, its upkeep was not considered vital.
		Successful restoration of the boat lift depends upon ongoing funding for maintenance and the constructing of proper visitors' facilities, which will be a key component in providing revenue to sustain the ongoing maintenance of the lift.
		Completed in 1875, the 100-ft-high Anderton Boat Lift (with a carrying capacity of 100 tons) was viewed as an engineering marvel and one of the scientific wonders of the Victorian age.
	www.elevator-world.com /magazine/archive01/9705-002.htm (1611 words)

	Power Boating Canada Magazine - Waterfront Watch
		Being able to raise huge craft as long as 139 feet, and 30 feet wide, to a height of 65 feet, and using practically nothing but simple hydraulic power is certainly an amazing accomplishment.
		The Peterborough Hy-draulic Lift Lock was built mostly of concrete rather than the spidery mass of pipes and steel supports that were the feature of the Anderton lift, which ground to a halt in 1983.
		The Anderton Boat Lift is part of a network of 1,000 miles of navigable waterways while the Peterbor-ough Lift Lock is on the 240-mile long canal that joins Lake Ontario to Georgian Bay.
	www.powerboating.com /pbc17-3/waterfront17-3.html (792 words)

	Dream Weaver (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		With the restoration of the Anderton Lift in 2002 we not only regained a working wonder of the waterways but also a much easier access to the River Weaver was recovered.
		Some may grumble at the charges levied on the use of the boat lift and the need for advance bookings but they should try visiting the Weaver by way of the Manchester Ship Canal with the need for a special survey of seaworthiness and a whole set of requirements to be met and restrictions imposed.
		Although not everyone can spare the time they would like to devote to boating it would be a shame to dismiss the attractions of the Weaver on the evidence of the large chemical plant that faces the boater leaving Anderton Lift.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/Dream-Weaver.html (1536 words)

	British Waterways - Anderton Boat Lift (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Dubbed affectionately ‘The Cathedral of the Canals’;, Anderton Boat Lift was built in 1875 to transport boats between the River Weaver and the Trent & Mersey Canal 50ft above.
		Designed by Edwin Clark, it was the first such lift in the world using hydraulic power to operate two counterbalanced caissons.
		Anderton Boat Lift is one of the original Seven Wonders of the Inland Waterways.
	www.waterwaynetwork.com /site/AndertonBoatLift_1155.asp (117 words)

	The Anderton Boat Lift
		Located near Northwich in Cheshire, the Anderton Boat Lift is one of the greatest monuments to Britain's last canal age and known as the "Cathedral of the Canals".
		Boat owners and visitors alike are able to ride the Lift once again and a new Operations Centre houses education and visitor facilities - creating one of the region's most important visitor attractions.
		With rare footage of the lift in its heyday, the people who have actually worked on the lift, both past and present, tell the story of this historic structure.
	www.andertonboatlift.co.uk (249 words)

	Seven Wonders of the Waterways
		Anderton Boat Lift on the River Weaver and Trent and Mersey Canal
		Boats are carried in the caissons of the wheel down into or up from a new basin, which connects with the Forth and Clyde Canal to the west.
		A journey time of 12 minutes for two boats up and two down improved the speed tremendously, and the same “lump” of water went up and down the hill all day so a very big saving of water was achieved giving better control of this precious resource.
	www.luphen.org.uk /canals/7wonders.htm (2004 words)

	CUBE : Centre for the Understanding of the Built Environment : The City : Archisnaps
		Carries boats in the 50ft drop between the Trent and Mersey Canal and the River Weaver.
		The lift is 85ft in length and towers 60ft.
		The Anderton Boat Lift is one of the ‘seven wonders of the waterways’ and is known, fittingly, as ‘The Cathedral of Canals’;.
	www.cube.org.uk /thecity/archisnap_detail.asp?id=73 (644 words)

	14/06/04-raise the hoof at Anderton Boat Lift : British Waterways
		The 78 year old narrow boat will be drawn by Bonny, a boat cob, as part of a tour of Cheshire, which also takes in the Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival (18-20 June), the heritage Lion Salt Works at Marston (22 June) and Marbury Country Park (23 June).
		Owner and committed horse boat enthusiast, Sue Day will be on hand to provide expert demonstrations of harnessing, grooming and other traditional crafts dating back to the golden age of the canals, which were the motorways of their era.
		A spokesman for the Boat Museum Society added: "We hope this will be the first of a series of horse-related events, designed to raise public awareness about the history of the waterways.
	www.britishwaterways.co.uk /newsroom/archive/anderton_boat_lift.html (279 words)

	Books: The Anderton Boat Lift
		The original hydraulic boat lift of 1875, designed by Edwin Clark under the auspices of Edward Leader Williams (Engineer to the Weaver Navigation Trust), is covered in detail, including its operation.
		Five similar boat lifts were built in Belgium and France to Clark's designs, all of which survive.
		With material from such sources as the Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port, the National Waterways Museum at Gloucester and the Salt Museum at Northwich, as well as numerous private collections and with the full co-operation of British Waterways, this is a timely and comprehensive study of one of our finest and most famous industrial monuments.
	www.lightmoor.co.uk /bdl008.htm (378 words)

	Waterways Renaisasance Awards 2002-03 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Anderton Boat Lift was built in 1875 to convey cargo-carrying boats between the River Weaver and the Trent & Mersey Canal 50 feet above.
		By 1908 the lift was transformed by the addition of a massive assembly of shafts, gears, weights and pulleys, supported by a framework of tubular columns.
		In 1983 Anderton Boat Lift was closed after a routine safety inspection revealed serious deterioration in the structure.
	www.bura.org.uk /awards/award2002/wat2002_award_conservation.htm (461 words)

	anderton boat lift near northwich (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Freshly restored after over 20 years of inoperability and decay, the lift is now fully operational as originally intended by its Victorian designers.
		With the cables removed from the mechanical winching apparatus that remains atop to preserve its early 20th century appearance the lift now operates hydraulically as originally intended.
		Two massive hydraulic cylinders lift one caisson (tank) apiece to raise/lower traffic from the canal above to the river below.
	www.enuii.org /Stuff/anderton-boat-lift.htm (83 words)

	The Inland Waterways Association - National Festival and Boat Show 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Anderton Boat Lift was opened on 26th July 1875.
		The lift operated perfectly for several years; however, problems of corrosion of the pistons of the hydraulic rams due to the heavily polluted canal and river water were beginning to arise.
		Due to this in 1983 after a number of accidents due to underinvestment and poor maintenance; when elements of the converted lift were 73 years old, and the original 1875 elements were 108 years, the lift was taken out of service, after a 100 years of nearly continuous operation.
	www.waterways.org.uk /festivals/preston/local_info.htm (1257 words)

	Famous canal boat-lift reopens
		FAMOUS as the Cathedral of the Canals, the spectacular Anderton Boat Lift, near Northwich, is to rise from the ashes tomorrow after its £7m restoration.
		The lift was built in 1875 to transport boats 50ft from the Trent and Mersey Canal to the River Weaver.
		The lift was originally used to carry barges of salt, coal and clay.
	www.manchesteronline.co.uk /news/s/14/14541_famous_canal_boatlift_reopens.html (422 words)

	The Anderton Lift (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Anderton Lift is located 10 miles north of Middlewich on the Trent & Mersey Canal and also about 12 miles from the Mersey estuary along the Weaver Navigation.
		The lift remained in operation for 75 years but corrosion to the main structure forced its closure in 1983 and, in order to reduce stress on the framework, the winding gear was dismantled in 1987.
		In October of 1993 the Anderton Boat Lift Trust was formed with the charter to oversee the actual restoration work and subsequent operation of the lift.
	pages.prodigy.net /brinnand/ramblings/hist3al.htm (522 words)

	Heritage Open Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Anderton Boat Lift on the Weaver Navigation was opened from 12.00 to 17.00 on Saturday September 1999.
		Boats were loaded into water filled caissons which were raised or lowered almost 50 ft by an hydraulic system; water was pumped into the upper tank causing it to descend pulling up the lighter lower tank.
		The lift began to suffer from corrosion of the hydraulic rams when salt, carried works such as the Lion Salt Works, polluted the canal to such an extent that the water became saline.
	home.clara.net /kenny (375 words)

	Anderton Boat Lift News
		Modifications to the Lift in the early 20th Century included the removal of this feature and the caissons subsequently operated in dry wells until Anderton was closed in 1983.
		Nobody has operated a hydraulic boat lift in the UK for a century and it is a learning process for our operators.
		However, once lots of boats have been moved through, we are confident that we will be able to minimise any effects of the wedge operation.
	www.canaljunction.com /news/abl3.htm (535 words)

	ANDERTON BOAT LIFT - This Is Cheshire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Anderton Boat Lift Situated in the Weaver Valley, north of Northwich, the Anderton Boat Lift is one of the "Wonders of the waterways".
		Built in 1875 and extensively altered in 1908 when it was converted to electric operation, the lift is an elegant example of the Victorian's mastery of cast iron and hydraulics.
		To satisfy the need for very heavy commercial and industrial canal traffic to navigate between the River Weaver and the Trent and Mersey canal, the Lift provided a more effective and quicker means of transferring goods than the slow and labour intensive inclined planes, hoists and chutes.
	archive.thisischeshire.co.uk /2002/09/11/188879.html (131 words)

	Boat lift (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A boat lift or lift lock is a machine for transporting boats between two different water heights, and is an alternative to the canal lock and the canal inclined plane.
		It may be either vertically moving, like the Anderton Boat Lift, or rotational, like the Falkirk Wheel.
		The world's highest boat lift, with a 73 metre height difference and European Class IV (1350 tonne) capacity, is at Strépy-Thieu in Belgium (Strepy-Thieux, french version).
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/B/Boat-lift.htm (162 words)

	Anderton Boat Lift - Review - What a contraption! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Anderton Boat Lift was re-opened on 27th March, the day after Carol arrived, having stood unused since it’s closure in 1983, so a drive up to Northwich was inevitable.
		The lift, built in 1875 and known as “The Cathedral of the Canals”;, was the world’s first boat lift and currently the only example in the UK.
		The solution was to build a hydraulic lift that would move the boats from the canal to the river, and vice versa, without the need to load and unload.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /sightseeing-national/anderton-boat-lift/365601 (1183 words)

	The Anderton Boat Lift (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The hydraulic lift was originally opened in 1875 to link the canal with the river Weaver which is 50 feet below the level of the canal.
		The lift was connected to the canal by a basin and aqueduct.
		Modernised and converted to electrical operation in 1908, the lift was declared structurally unsound and closed in autumn 1983.
	www.tmc-mileposts.co.uk /MP_pages/anderton.html (185 words)

	Anderton Boat Lift (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Back in 1983 I visited the Anderton Boat Lift and found it closed and its future uncertain.
		It seemed a shame that such a marvellous monument from the Canal Age should be allowed to rust away to nothing, so I was delighted to learn recently that it has been re-opened.
		What is even more interesting is that many years ago the lift was "modernised"; an electric motor raised and lowered each cassion aided by massive iron counterweights.
	www.nwtv.co.uk /pages/travel/britan/englnd/chesh/ander.htm (151 words)

	Victorian Engineering Masterpiece In Action Again - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, ...
		The boat lift was built in 1875 to raise canal boats and their cargos from the River Weaver up to the level of the Trent and Mersey Canal.
		Engineer Edwin Clark built the lift using an ingenious system of hydraulic rams to enable boats to be transferred from one waterway to the other without the time-wasting transhipment of goods from boat to boat.
		The Lift has been restored to the hydraulic operation mode of 1875 with the 1908 structure and pulley wheels retained as a static monument.
	www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /nwh_gfx_en/ART12403.html (808 words)

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