Lock 87, Rochdale Canal (Manchester City Centre)
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Image: © S Parish Taken: 5 May 2009
One of the "Rochdale 9" locks - so-called because until its recent restoration of the Rochdale Canal over the Pennines, the nine locks through the city centre of Manchester were the only bit available of the canal in use.