Vinegar Lock, Ashton Canal
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Vinegar Lock, Ashton Canal
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 15 Nov 2012
Lock#10 on the Ashton Canal at the side of the Anchor Chemicals (now a subsidiary of Air Products) factory is called "Vinegar Lock" from the nearby vinegar works which were demolished in the 1980s. Lock 10 has the distinction of being the deepest narrow lock in Britain, with a fall of 13 feet 10 inches (http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/ashton/ac6b.htm Pennine Waterways).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.480656
Longitude
-2.180329