Pictures of 115 ft Carrapatelo Lock on the Douro

[NBDensie]

 

The deepest lock in Europe at 115 foot.

Edited October 14, 2018 by NBDensie

[magpie patrick]

I like them deep - but if that's the top gate in the first picture (upper left hand corner) I'd rather it was a bit further onto the cill!

 

Elsewhere I've got a bucket list thread - I might add this to the list

[Graham Davis]

Just booked to do the Duoro in 2019, so looking forward to that lock.
 

[Keeping Up]

There are lots more pictures, as well as a report on our Douro trip last year, on my website at http://keeping-up.co.uk/Travel/Portugal/Douro.htm

 

We thoroughly enjoyed the trip. Those locks are really impressive!

[ditchcrawler]

1 hour ago, Keeping Up said:

There are lots more pictures, as well as a report on our Douro trip last year, on my website at http://keeping-up.co.uk/Travel/Portugal/Douro.htm

 

We thoroughly enjoyed the trip. Those locks are really impressive!

Yes I have done it as well I think it was a Waterways World cruise

 

[magpie patrick]

A lock that deep could replace most of the Combe Hay flight in one go - all the upper nineteen "new" locks (about five years newer than the bottom three, which served the inclined plane and are strung out a little distance away) ...

 

Just pondering....