Lockside
Introduction
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Lockside
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 28 Nov 2012
The Peak Forest Canal at Lock number 9. One of a flight of 16 locks which raise the canal by 209 feet (64m) over the course of 1 mile. The large building behind carries the name "Lockside Mill"; it was built in the late eighteenth/early nineteenth century as a warehouse for Samuel Oldknow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Oldknow )
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Image Location
Latitude
53.398353
Longitude
-2.058614