Nottingham Canal lock
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Nottingham Canal lock by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
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Nottingham Canal lock
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 19 Oct 2008
The large block in the foreground is one of the heelstones for the upper pair of gates of the lock; its fellow for the lower gate can be seen in the vegetation beyond. The curved cut-out is where the heelpost of the lock gate would have turned.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.959087
Longitude
-1.213508