Old Double Lock on Sankey Canal, Blackbrook
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Old Double Lock on Sankey Canal, Blackbrook
Image: © Sue Adair Taken: 7 Sep 2008
The Sankey Canal, also known as the Sankey Brook Navigation, was opened in 1757 and originally ran from the mouth of Sankey Brook at the River Mersey along the Sankey Valley to St Helens. Actually the first canal in Britain, it was built to transport coal from the mines of St Helens and Haydock to the River Mersey. This is the old double lock south of Blackbrook Road. It is a two-rise stone staircase lock built in 1758 and is the oldest British example of a staircase lock although the gates have been removed and the lock is now preserved as a cascade.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.459598
Longitude
-2.69939