Bridge and Lock, Fairfield
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Bridge and Lock, Fairfield
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 15 Nov 2012
Looking from the west, along the towpath, towards the stone bridge across the end of Lock 18 on the Ashton Canal at Fairfield. To ease congestion, on what was then a busy stretch of waterway, the lock was made into a double lock. The lock on the left, now disused, was the original. The lock on the right was built in the 1820s. Both the bridge and the lock are Grade II-listed buildings.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.47755
Longitude
-2.151236