Hoole Lane Lock (Shropshire Union Canal)
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Hoole Lane Lock (Shropshire Union Canal)
Image: © Bill Harrison Taken: 30 Jun 2013
This grade-II listed lock (http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-469719-hoole-lane-lock- ) dates from the very early days of canals, just a few years after the Bridgewater Canal. The lady lock keeper perched on the balance beam wields her lock key (a large spanner), with which she had just opened the upper paddles (sluice gates).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.193728
Longitude
-2.873321