The site of Dover Lock on the Leigh Branch of Leeds Liverpool Canal
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The site of Dover Lock on the Leigh Branch of Leeds Liverpool Canal by Raymond Knapman as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
The site of Dover Lock on the Leigh Branch of Leeds Liverpool Canal
Image: © Raymond Knapman Taken: 4 Oct 2010
The lock was necessary because of subsidence caused by coal mining.It fell out of use when the canal was shored up with spoil from the mine workings
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
53.503849
Longitude
-2.594883