--- In [email protected], "Guy Hardy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Surely both - Guy > > On Jan 14, 2008 10:53 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > There can be little doubt > > > that Pontywotsit is one of the leading pieces of canal infrastructure in > > the > > > world, but that might not be enough for to get the world heritage > > status. > > > > An alternative view (not mine, particularly, but that of a waterways > > historian who used to post here a few years ago) is that a better UK > > nomination for World Heritage Status for a canal structure would have been > > the Anderton Lift. On the grounds that despite its undoubted iconic status > > the Pontcysyllte didn't actually contribute much to the development of the > > world's waterway systems, whereas Anderton in its original form was the > > pattern for a number of lifts in various countries including the four > > Belgian ones already listed as a World Heritage Site. > > > > Martin L > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
The only problem with the Anderton Lift as a world heritage site is how much of it is original? After the rebuid, it is mostly new metal/mechanism etc, whereas the Ponty is as it was built. I'm not saying I disagree with the Lift being recognised, and indeed I am very fond of it and pleased to see it work again, I'm just pointing out what I consider may well be a big stumbling block.
