Middlewich Big Lock No 75, Cheshire
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Middlewich Big Lock No 75, Cheshire
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 28 Aug 2011
All the other Middlewich locks to the south east are narrow locks, a little over seven feet in width, some of them paired, but Big Lock will accommodate two narrowboats side by side, being about fifteen feet (3·8 metres) across. The lock allows a rise (or fall) of 5ft 1in (1·55 metres).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.197695
Longitude
-2.448368