Aire And Calder Navigation Cut And Locks is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. Navigation cut and locks. 1 related planning application.
Aire And Calder Navigation Cut And Locks
- WRENN ID
- iron-rafter-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Country
- England
- Type
- Navigation cut and locks
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
LEEDS
SE3033SE CLARENCE ROAD 714-1/79/111 (North side (off)) Aire and Calder Navigation Cut and locks
GV II
Channel cut to allow navigation past the Leeds dam, with 2 sets of locks. Probably c1830-40. By George Leather, engineer, on the line of the Aire and Calder Navigation Cut of 1699-1700. Stone lining and edges, wood and iron lock gates and fittings. Approx 200m long and varying in width from approx 10m to 25m, parallel lock chambers at eastern end, the narrower northern lock not in use, gates repaired. Channel to Clarence Dock on south side, under Clarence Road bridge. HISTORICAL NOTE: The Aire and Calder Navigation Act was passed in 1699 and improvements to the river then enabled water-borne goods to reach the city which until that time depended entirely on road transport. The development of the riverside wharves and warehouses dates from that time, with merchants able to ship cloth directly to Hull and the Continent. For further historical information, see Basin of New Dock, Clarence Road (qv). (Fraser, D: A History of Modern Leeds: 1980-: 119).
Listing NGR: SE3087533014
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