Legging (canals)

Starvationer at Ellesmere Port Canal Museum with a demonstration of the process of legging to push the boat through the tunnels of the Worsley Navigable Levels

Legging is a method of moving a boat through a canal tunnel or adit containing water. This method of navigating through canal tunnels and adits was commonly used in canal tunnels during the 18th and early 19th centuries.


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