Grand Union Canal near Saltley, Birmingham
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Grand Union Canal near Saltley, Birmingham
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 29 Aug 2012
This is looking north towards Salford Junction on a wet day! Behind the unsightly galvanised corrugated iron fence and wall on the right by the lock is a car breaker's yard. The businesses by the canal on the right have frontages in Adderley Road (The Adderley Trading Estate). Travelling south, the flight of five Garrison Locks allows a rise of 34ft 5in (10·3 metres). Lock No 62 is the second one up in the flight.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.485916
Longitude
-1.863195