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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26655875

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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