Category:Staircase locks
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English: A Staircase Lock is a canal lock in more than one section with no length of canal in between. It combines the lift or descent ot two or more single locks, and reduces the number of lock gates which have to be opened and closed as a boat passes through.
One example is Brades Lock on the Gower Branch Canal.