Neptune's Staircase (grid reference NN113769) is a staircase lock comprising eight locks on the Caledonian Canal. It is the longest staircase lock in the United Kingdom, and lifts boats 64 feet (20 m). The locks were originally hand-powered, but have been converted to hydraulic operation.
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“But we are spirits of another sort.
I with the morning’s love have oft made sport,
And like a forester the groves may tread
Even till the eastern gate, all fiery-red,
Opening on Neptune with fair blessèd beams,
Turns unto yellow gold his salt green streams.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“To be ashamed of one’s immorality: that is a step on the staircase at whose end one is also ashamed of one’s morality.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)