"flight" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- After the initial flights of locks, most of the canal followed the 161 ft (49.1m) contour.
- The building of an incline, rather than a flight of locks was dictated by the lack of an adequate water supply at the higher level.
- It therefore comprises a flight of locks rather than a lock staircase.
- The village borders the Basingstoke Canal which has a flight of locks here.
- After exiting the cut, the Amsterdam descended to the Pacific by passing through two more flights of locks.
- Steam pumps were employed at many flights of locks to pump water back to a higher level, for example, the Smethwick Engine.
- The Macclesfield Canal, a canal with only one flight of locks, was originally proposed in 1765.
- The museum is complemented by the 'living canal' outside with its flight of locks, boats and the Blisworth Tunnel.
- We stagger and paddle the flight of locks at Crofton.
- In replacing a traditional flight or staircase of locks, a considerable time saving is anticipated.
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