{"id":7829,"date":"2014-08-20T02:58:24","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T06:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=7829"},"modified":"2014-08-20T08:12:52","modified_gmt":"2014-08-20T12:12:52","slug":"canal-boat-in-the-lock-at-leeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/canal-boat-in-the-lock-at-leeds\/","title":{"rendered":"Canal Boat in the Lock at Leeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>A Vision from an Earlier Era.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Britain enjoyed an extensive canal network before its railways were built. In many places the canals survive, although today they are primarily corridors for pleasure craft.<\/p>\n<p>South of the Leeds railway station, the historic Granary Wharf canal boat harbour has been incorporated into a revitalized area of tourism and commerce, where shops, hotels, restaurants and pubs occupy buildings and space one used for warehousing and industry.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7826\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7826\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2014\/08\/20\/canal-boat-in-the-lock-at-leeds\/canal_boat_in_lock_with_lockman_p1040760\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7826\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7826\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/canal-boat-in-the-lock-at-leeds\/canal_boat_in_lock_with_lockman_p1040760\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Canal_boat_in_Lock_with_lockman_P1040760.jpg?fit=800%2C600\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;242.57&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Ver.1.0&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3341.8262935687&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;1.1851088004501&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Canal_boat_in_Lock_with_lockman_P1040760\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Canal_boat_in_Lock_with_lockman_P1040760.jpg?fit=709%2C531\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Canal_boat_in_Lock_with_lockman_P1040760.jpg?fit=474%2C356\" class=\"wp-image-7826 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Canal_boat_in_Lock_with_lockman_P1040760.jpg?resize=474%2C356\" alt=\"Canal_boat_in_Lock_with_lockman_P1040760\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Canal_boat_in_Lock_with_lockman_P1040760.jpg?w=800 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Canal_boat_in_Lock_with_lockman_P1040760.jpg?resize=200%2C150 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Canal_boat_in_Lock_with_lockman_P1040760.jpg?resize=709%2C531 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Canal_boat_in_Lock_with_lockman_P1040760.jpg?resize=400%2C300 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Canal_boat_in_Lock_with_lockman_P1040760.jpg?resize=100%2C75 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7826\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Exposed with a Lumix LX7 at Leeds, UK.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2014\/08\/20\/canal-boat-in-the-lock-at-leeds\/navigating_the_lock_leeds_2_pan_p1040775\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7825\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7825\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/canal-boat-in-the-lock-at-leeds\/navigating_the_lock_leeds_2_pan_p1040775\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Navigating_the_lock_Leeds_2_pan_P1040775.jpg?fit=800%2C1067\" data-orig-size=\"800,1067\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;292.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Ver.1.0&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6810.5637083305&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;1.1851088004501&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Navigating_the_lock_Leeds_2_pan_P1040775\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Navigating_the_lock_Leeds_2_pan_P1040775.jpg?fit=402%2C537\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Navigating_the_lock_Leeds_2_pan_P1040775.jpg?fit=474%2C633\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7825\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Navigating_the_lock_Leeds_2_pan_P1040775.jpg?resize=402%2C537\" alt=\"Navigating_the_lock_Leeds_2_pan_P1040775\" width=\"402\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Navigating_the_lock_Leeds_2_pan_P1040775.jpg?resize=402%2C537 402w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Navigating_the_lock_Leeds_2_pan_P1040775.jpg?resize=112%2C150 112w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Navigating_the_lock_Leeds_2_pan_P1040775.jpg?resize=542%2C724 542w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Navigating_the_lock_Leeds_2_pan_P1040775.jpg?resize=224%2C300 224w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Navigating_the_lock_Leeds_2_pan_P1040775.jpg?w=800 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>On a cool damp August 2014 evening, I made these photos of a canal boat being lowered through a lock on the old Leeds-Liverpool Canal.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7909\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7909\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2014\/08\/20\/canal-boat-in-the-lock-at-leeds\/locks_in_leeds_p1040798\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7909\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7909\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/canal-boat-in-the-lock-at-leeds\/locks_in_leeds_p1040798\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Locks_in_Leeds_P1040798.jpg?fit=800%2C1067\" data-orig-size=\"800,1067\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;237.43&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Ver.1.0&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6554.349676268&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;1.1851088004501&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Locks_in_Leeds_P1040798\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Lock from above. Lumix LX7 photo.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Locks_in_Leeds_P1040798.jpg?fit=402%2C537\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Locks_in_Leeds_P1040798.jpg?fit=474%2C633\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7909\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Locks_in_Leeds_P1040798.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"Lock from above. Lumix LX7 photo.\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Locks_in_Leeds_P1040798.jpg?w=800 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Locks_in_Leeds_P1040798.jpg?resize=112%2C150 112w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Locks_in_Leeds_P1040798.jpg?resize=402%2C537 402w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Locks_in_Leeds_P1040798.jpg?resize=542%2C724 542w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Locks_in_Leeds_P1040798.jpg?resize=224%2C300 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7909\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lock from above. Lumix LX7 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7911\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7911\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2014\/08\/20\/canal-boat-in-the-lock-at-leeds\/canal_at_dusk_leeds_p1040820\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7911\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7911\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/canal-boat-in-the-lock-at-leeds\/canal_at_dusk_leeds_p1040820\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Canal_at_Dusk_leeds_P1040820.jpg?fit=800%2C600\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;224.64&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Ver.1.0&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3405.8084713636&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;1.1851088004501&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Canal_at_Dusk_leeds_P1040820\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Dusk on the old canal at Granary Wharf, Leeds. Lumix LX7 photo.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Canal_at_Dusk_leeds_P1040820.jpg?fit=709%2C531\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Canal_at_Dusk_leeds_P1040820.jpg?fit=474%2C356\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7911\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Canal_at_Dusk_leeds_P1040820.jpg?resize=474%2C356\" alt=\"Dusk on the old canal at Granary Wharf, Leeds. Lumix LX7 photo.\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Canal_at_Dusk_leeds_P1040820.jpg?w=800 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Canal_at_Dusk_leeds_P1040820.jpg?resize=200%2C150 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Canal_at_Dusk_leeds_P1040820.jpg?resize=709%2C531 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Canal_at_Dusk_leeds_P1040820.jpg?resize=400%2C300 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Canal_at_Dusk_leeds_P1040820.jpg?resize=100%2C75 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7911\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dusk on the old canal at Granary Wharf, Leeds. 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South of the Leeds railway station, the historic Granary Wharf canal boat harbour has been incorporated into a revitalized area of tourism &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/canal-boat-in-the-lock-at-leeds\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Canal Boat in the Lock at Leeds<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[3786,2300,7535,2301,2299,2297,2298],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Canal_boat_in_Lock_with_lockman2_P1040764.jpg?fit=800%2C1067","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-22h","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7829"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7829"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7912,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7829\/revisions\/7912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}