Glascote Top Lock at Tamworth, Staffordshire
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Glascote Top Lock at Tamworth, Staffordshire
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 11 Jun 2008
On the Coventry Canal. A hireboat from the Canaltime fleet, Crazy Horse No 120, is being brought up the lock. Both black ground paddles can be seen to be fully up, allowing water into the lock chamber from the canal this side of the gate. There are two locks at Glascote, about 150 metres apart, together lowering (or raising) the water level by 13ft 8in (4.2 metres).
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Image Location
Latitude
52.626042
Longitude
-1.681302