Wilmcote Locks No 48, Warwickshire
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Wilmcote Locks No 48, Warwickshire
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 24 Aug 2012
This is top gate of the third lock up in the flight of eleven on the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal. Lock 46 is the next one up. The eleven locks of the Wilmcote flight raise (or lower) the water level by 77ft 1in (23·5 metres).
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Image Location
Latitude
52.20797
Longitude
-1.741416