Lock No. 17

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Lock No. 17 by Jonathan Wilkins as part of the Geograph project.

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Lock No. 17

Image: © Jonathan Wilkins Taken: 24 May 2009

Elegant iron railings protect the users of the bridge at the tail of this lock on the Wolverhampton flight of locks. The functional simplicity of the canal environment is enhanced by the modern habit of painting everything black and white, so Gwion is almost camouflaged here!

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.603557
Longitude
-2.13639