Summit Lock, Etruria, alias Stoke Top Lock, 1961
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Summit Lock, Etruria, alias Stoke Top Lock, 1961
Image: © Robin Webster Taken: 10 Apr 1961
Many locks are incidentally sheltered beneath buildings and bridges, but this lock was probably unique in having a purpose-built canopy. Sadly it is now removed. About 10:50 am, the boat is "Bredon Hill" hired from Abbot of Stourport on the third day of a week's voyage to the upper Peak Forest Canal and back via the Shropshire Union Canal. We didn't hang about in those days!
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Image Location
Latitude
53.018522
Longitude
-2.192853