Entering Meaford Bottom Lock, Staffordshire
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Entering Meaford Bottom Lock, Staffordshire
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 3 Sep 2011
This is Lock No 31, the first one up in the Meaford flight of four on the Trent and Mersey Canal. Narrowboat "Smudge" is being navigated carefully and efficiently into the lock. The four locks allow a rise of 32ft 5in (9·9 metres).
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Image Location
Latitude
52.913776
Longitude
-2.165217