Editing Canal pound (section)

{{short description|Stretch of level water impounded between two canal locks}}
[[File:Chesterfield Canal pound.jpg|thumb|A short pound on the [[Chesterfield Canal]] in England, United Kingdom.]]
A '''canal pound''' (from impound),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/impound |title = IMPOUND {{!}} meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary}}</ref> reach, or level (American usage), is the stretch of level water impounded between two [[canal lock]]s. Canal pounds can vary in length from the non-existent, where two or more immediately adjacent locks form a [[canal lock#Staircase locks|lock staircase]], to many kilometres/miles.

The longest canal pound in the United Kingdom is on the [[Bridgewater Canal]] between the stop lock on the [[Trent and Mersey Canal]] at Preston Brook (Dutton Stop Lock No 76) and the start of the [[Leeds and Liverpool Canal]] near Leigh (Poolstock Bottom Lock No 2), a distance of {{convert|39.5|mi|km|1}}. Another long pound is on the [[Kennet and Avon Canal]] between Wootton Rivers Bottom Lock and Caen Hill top lock. The longest level on the [[Erie Canal]] in New York was the so-called '60 mile level' (actually {{convert|64.2|mi|km|1}}) between Henrietta and Lockport.