 The Fall Ings Cut was opened in 1761, making the River Calder navigable above Wakefield.
Ings: low-lying fertile land by a river. In Yorkshire English: "T'watter's gitten ower t'ingses." (double plural) - The water has got over the ings. (Peter Wright, Yorkshire's Yammer, Dalesman Books, 1994) |
 Wakefield's canals circa 1841 from the Ordnance Survey Map Doncaster & Wakefield Sheet 22 (the railways shown were updated after initial publication)
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 Fall Ings Lock, where the Calder & Hebble Navigation meets the Aire & Calder Navigation.
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 Another view of the lock gate, looking downstream at the River Calder.
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-s.jpg) Fall Ings Lock, looking towards the River Calder (Aire and Calder Navigation). The water level is lower on this side of the gate.
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 Fall Ings Lock, moorings.
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 A temporary mooring for this narrowboat at Fall Ings Lock. Shortly afterwards the journey resumed upstream on the Calder & Hebble Navigation.
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 Fall Ings Lock looking westwards.
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 Fall Ings Lock, moorings.
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-s.jpg) Fall Ings Lock, an oasis of tranquility.
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-s.jpg) Fall Ings Cut at Fall Ings Lock, looking upstream towards Wakefield Flood Lock.
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 Fall Ings Cut, view beneath Doncaster Road and
Barnsley Road Bridges to the Flood Lock.
Calder & Hebble Navigation, Wakefield.
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 Fall Ings Cut, view of
Barnsley Road Bridge through to the Flood Lock.
Calder & Hebble Navigation, Wakefield.
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 Chantry Waters, Fall Ings Cut, Calder & Hebble Navigation.
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 Fall Ings Cut, viewed from Doncaster Road Bridge.
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 Fall Ings Cut, looking towards Doncaster Road Bridge and Chantry Waters, Calder & Hebble Navigation. The area is still in the process of being regenerated after progress was slowed by the economic downturn.
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