Gauxholme Lowest Lock No 22 and railway bridge, Rochdale Canal
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Gauxholme Lowest Lock No 22 and railway bridge, Rochdale Canal
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton Taken: 30 May 1974
This shows the canal many years before the recent restoration, with the derelict lock (No 22, the lowest one of the three Gauxholme locks) and the splendid castellated railway overbridge carrying the Lancashire & Yorkshire line. Through the bridge, Shade Lock No 21 is just visible.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.70635
Longitude
-2.106307