Lock 18, Ashton canal
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Lock 18, Ashton canal
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 15 Nov 2012
Fairfield Lock is the highest on the Ashton Canal; from here the canal drops through the eighteen locks before it reaches Manchester. It is Grade II-listed (Historic England List Entry Number:1356475 http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=1356475&resourceID=5 Heritage Gateway). The lock was made into a double lock in the 1820s, to reduce congestion on what was then a busy stretch of waterway. The lock to the right, now disused, was the original lock before the second lock was built to reduce queues.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.477551
Longitude
-2.150633