Changing a lock gate
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Changing a lock gate by Chris Allen as part of the Geograph project.
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Changing a lock gate
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 22 May 2000
This is at the Latchford locks on the Manchester Ship Canal. The vessel lifting the gate is the "250 Ton Crane", built in Holland in 1937 and powered by steam driving a DC generator. The boiler burns coal and is hand-fired. As far as I know this vessel is still in working order.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.381293
Longitude
-2.54717