Approaching Autherley Junction, near Wolverhampton
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Approaching Autherley Junction, near Wolverhampton
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 26 May 2009
Narrowboats are for hire at the "marina" on the right. When not in use they are often moored four abreast on the left. Image] By the bridge in the distance, a narrowboat is in the stop-lock. This lock lowers the water by about six inches (15cm) and was insisted on by the older Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Company (beyond the bridge) to prevent the later Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal as it was then) "stealing" the former's water.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.616578
Longitude
-2.147803