Narrowboat leaving Middlewich Bottom Lock, Cheshire
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Narrowboat leaving Middlewich Bottom Lock, Cheshire
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 28 Aug 2011
Four more narrowboats are queueing for this, the bottom lock in the flight of three on the Trent and Mersey Canal at Middlewich. The deep locks provide a rise (or fall) of 32ft 7in (9·9 metres). Passage time for each boat in each lock is ten-fifteen minutes, so the crew at the end of the line can put the kettle on and switch the engine off. Kings Lock (No 71) above and Big Lock (No 75) below are usually not included as part of the flight. The telephoto assisted image was taken from the middle lock.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.191235
Longitude
-2.440488