Lock 17, Ashton Canal
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Lock 17, Ashton Canal by David Dixon as part of the Geograph project.
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Lock 17, Ashton Canal
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 15 Nov 2012
Like Lock#18 (Image]), Lock 17 was made into a double lock in the 1820s to ease the congestion on this heavily used stretch of waterway. As with the lock at Fairfield, only the right hand channel is still in use.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.476828
Longitude
-2.154096