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Five Locks Basin

 
Monmouthshire Canal towpath, Cwmbran NP44, United Kingdom
 
Information about the place
Five Locks Basin is a minor waterways place on the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal between Five Locks Road (Limit of navigation) (½ furlongs to the southeast) and Pontymoile Basin (Junction with the Monmouthshire Canal) (2 miles to the north).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Pontymoile Basin is Cwmbran Tunnel; 1¾ furlongs away.

Mooring here is good (a nice place to moor).

You can wind here.

 
 
Amenities

Amenities nearby at Five Locks Road

 Fish & Chips
 Cashpoint
 Lloyds Bank
 Hypark Hire Limited
 Texaco
 Travis Perkins
 Cwmbran Station
 
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Nearest facilities

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Nearest water point

In the direction of Theatre Basin

On this waterway in the direction of Theatre Basin
Govilon Visitor Moorings13 miles, 4 furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Theatre Basin
Govilon Wharf13 miles, 5 furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Theatre Basin

Nearest place to turn

In the direction of Theatre Basin

Lansdowne Winding Hole6 furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Theatre Basin
Pontymoile Basin2 miles away
On this waterway in the direction of Theatre Basin
Usk Road Winding Hole2 miles, 7¼ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Theatre Basin
Cwmoody Winding Hole3 miles, 3¾ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Theatre Basin
Croes-y-Pant Winding Hole6 miles, 1 furlong away
On this waterway in the direction of Theatre Basin
Goytre Arm7 miles, 1¾ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Theatre Basin
Jenkin Rosser's Winding Hole7 miles, 4¼ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Theatre Basin
Llanover Winding Hole8 miles, 3¾ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Theatre Basin
Llanfoist Wharf12 miles, 3½ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Theatre Basin
Govilon Winding Hole13 miles, 4¾ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Theatre Basin
Malford Grove Winding Hole15 miles, 7½ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Theatre Basin
Pen-Pedair Heol Winding Hole17 miles, 5½ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Theatre Basin
Beacon Park Boats18 miles, 5¼ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Theatre Basin

No information

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rubbish disposal
chemical toilet disposal
self-operated pump-out
boatyard pump-out
Direction of TV transmitter (From Wolfbane Cybernetic)
 
 
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[Panama Canal expansion project] water-saving basins, for a total of nine basins per lock and 18 basins in total. Just like the original locks, the new locks and their basins will be filled [Lock (water navigation)] saving basins, only 10,500 m3 of water are used. A more recent example is the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal with 13 saving locks out of a total of 16 locks. On [Panama Canal locks] The Panama Canal locks (Spanish: Esclusas del Canal de Panamá) are a lock system that lifts ships up 85 feet (26 metres) to the main elevation of the [Ballard Locks] The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, or Ballard Locks, is a complex of locks at the west end of Salmon Bay, in Seattle, Washington's Lake Washington Ship Canal [List of canal locks in the United Kingdom] of canal locks in the United Kingdom which have unique features or are notable in some other way. Bingley Five Rise Bow Locks Watford Locks Caen Hill [Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal] at a basin in Brecon. The canal is 33 miles (53 km) long and is level for the first 23 miles (37 km) to Llangynidr, where there are five locks. Two miles [Panama Canal] 1 m (89 ft). Each flight of locks is accompanied by nine water reutilization basins (three per lock chamber), each basin being about 70 m (230 ft) wide [Pontymoile Basin] water. Pontymoile Basin was the site of the junction with the three-mile Monmouthshire Canal to Pontnewynydd, containing 11 locks. This spur was fed [Leeds and Liverpool Canal] significant engineering features such as the Bingley Five Rise Locks, Bingley Three Rise Locks and the seven-arch aqueduct over the River Aire, at Dowley [Grand Union Canal] London and ends in Birmingham, stretching for 137 miles (220 km) with 166 locks. It has arms to places including Leicester, Slough, Aylesbury, Wendover
 
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Pontymoile Basin - Wikipedia
1 Location; 2 History; 3 Visitor attraction; 4 See also; 5 References. Location[edit]. The basin lies on the Pontypool stretch of the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal in ... Pontnewynydd branch locks (11). Afon Lwyd aqueduct. Pontymoile Basin.
Flight of Five Locks | ASCE
The Erie Canal started at a boat basin in Albany. It was raised at a lock at the end of the basin and the canal followed the western bank of the Hudson River to ...
File:Five Locks Basin, Cwmbran - geograph.org.uk - 836549.jpg ...
May 31, 2008 ... English: Five Locks Basin, Cwmbran The main line of the Monmouthshire Canal ends here at Five Locks Basin, Cwmbran. Date, 31 May 2008.
Five Locks Basin, Pontnewydd © M J Roscoe cc-by-sa/2.0 ...
Apr 15, 2019 ... ST2896 : Five Locks Basin, Pontnewydd. taken 1 year ago, near to Sebastopol, Torfaen/Tor-Faen, Great Britain.
REYNOLDS NORTH / CANAL WALK HISTORY
Nov 26, 2012 ... Connection Locks, an engineering marvel of five locks and a canal ... south side of the basin and the Richmond Dock (ship canal) east of 14th ...
St. Paul District > Home > District Projects > Mississippi River Basin
The Pool 5 Dredged Material Management Plan (DMMP) study area is located between Lock and Dam 4 at Alma, Wisconsin, and Lock and Dam 5 near ...
The Mermentau Basin Project
The operation of five navigation locks and control structures by the New Orleans District,. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, helps maintain a freshwater reservoir for  ...
Erie Basin Canal Boats, c. 1900 | New York State Archives
What are the parts or features of the locks? What conclusions can be made about the importance of the five-step lock design to the success of the Erie Canal?
The Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal - Brecon Beacons National ...
It's a little under three miles from Brecon Basin to the first lock at Brynich. There are five locks in quick succession at Llangynidr. The final 23 miles from ...