Ashton Canal, Fairfield Top Lock (#18)
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Ashton Canal, Fairfield Top Lock (#18)
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 24 Oct 2016
Fairfield Lock is the highest lock on the Ashton Canal. Beyond the lock is Fairfield Junction where the main line of the Ashton Canal turns right while the former Hollinwood Branch continued ahead. The lock is Grade II-listed (Historic England List Entry Number:1356475 http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=1356475&resourceID=5 Heritage Gateway). The lock was made into a double lock in the 1820s, to reduce congestion on what was then a busy stretch of waterway. The lock to the left, now disused, was the original lock before the second lock was built to reduce queues. Compare this photograph with Image], taken in 1979. The warehouses have gone and are now replaced by modern houses to the left and new apartments, ahead and to the right.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.477551
Longitude
-2.150633