Neptune's Staircase | |
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Waterway | Caledonian Canal |
Maintained by | Scottish Canals |
Operation | Hydraulic |
First built | 1811 |
Length | 180 feet (55 m) |
Width | 40 feet (12 m) |
Fall | 64 feet (20 m) |
Staircase of 8 locks |
Neptune's Staircase (grid reference NN113769) is a staircase lock comprising eight locks on the Caledonian Canal. Built by Thomas Telford between 1803 and 1822, it is the longest staircase lock in Britain. The system was originally hand-powered but has been converted to hydraulic operation.