We visited the National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere port where they had a horses at work day!. The kids learned about the horses and the families referred to as 'the boat people'.
We did go to this event to have a focus on the Victorian tunnels and how they were constructed, but sadly they were very much not what we expected and were pretty modern in their design.
We have visited quite a few Canals such as Standedge Tunnels you can find our short review of the place on our educational days out page. The place served a better purpose as in terms of the Victorian construction of the tunnels as it is the longest canal tunnel in the UK and has some excellent examples of the engineering that went into building it. As it was a while ago since we last went we may take another quick trip to refresh what we learnt when we were there.
Anderton Boat Lift is excellent for demonstrating the locks and so was Caen Hill Flight of Paddle Locks
Apart from learning about the locks and how they were constructed, we learnt about the horses that were used to pull the Canal Boats and the families that worked on them.
We also looked at the important work of the Canal and River Trust who look after the waterways to protect and enhance the historic and natural waterways.
What we did find interesting was the fact that it was the Romans that built the first canals although they were used for irrigation, although they did build navigable canals that linked rivers which increased transportation inland by water.
The kids are now getting on with coming up with some poetry for their canal experience and are creating pictures for our wall mural .
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