Lock No 74 in Middlewich, Cheshire
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Lock No 74 in Middlewich, Cheshire
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 31 Aug 2011
The Middlewich flight of three allows a rise in the water of 32ft 7in (9·9 metres). This is the bottom lock. The boatyard which operated here has provided a useful canopy along the wharf. (Did Andersen's operate from here as well as their other site?)
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Image Location
Latitude
53.191333
Longitude
-2.440728