Neptune’s Staircase
Posted in Trips at 21:00 on 28 October 2015
Neptune’s Staircase is a series of canal locks at Banavie near Fort William at the Loch Linnhe end of the Caledonian Canal which raise the canal to a level 20 metres higher.
Bottom Lock:-
Canalside path and second lock:-
Third lock – full and overflowing:-
Top of Neptune’s Staircase:-
Opposite angle of top of Neptune’s Staircase:-
Second top lock:-
Third top lock:-
Tags: Banavie, Caledonian Canal, Fort William, Loch Linnhe, Neptune's Staircase
Denis Cullinan
28 October 2015 at 22:14
20 metres, That’s nothing to sneeze at.
jackdeighton
28 October 2015 at 22:20
Denis,
The staircase has eight locks; each 55 metres long (x 12 wide.) It’s the longest set of staircase locks in Britain. Since they were converted to hydraulic operation it only takes 90 minutes to pass the whole way through – as opposed to half a day when the locks were hand operated.