Peckerspool Wood Bridge north-west of Bosley, Cheshire
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Peckerspool Wood Bridge north-west of Bosley, Cheshire
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 4 Sep 2014
Bridge No 55 across the Macclesfield Canal carries the A54 Buxton Road. Beyond it are the tail gates of Bosley Lock No 5. On the Macclesfield Canal there are twelve locks in the flight at Bosley, allowing a rise in water level of 118 feet (36 metres). Navigating northwards, this lock is the eighth one up. The Macclesfield Canal is just over 27 miles in length, and has thirteen locks, including the stop lock at Hall Green and the other twelve at Bosley. The canal was surveyed by Thomas Telford in 1825, then engineered by William Crosley, and opened on 9 November 1831 at a cost of £320,000. It joins the Trent and Mersey Canal at Hall Green to the Peak Forest Canal at Marple.
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Image Location
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53.193606
Longitude
-2.144845