Disused canal near Calf Heath, Staffordshire
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Disused canal near Calf Heath, Staffordshire
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 3 May 2012
Off to the left, Lock No 2 was widened and a shelf built to use as a dry dock by the nearby boatyard. The image shows the top lock gate, in a dilapidated state. The Hatherton Canal was opened in 1841, and extended in 1863. It remained in use for carrying coal until 1949 and was formally abandoned in 1955. It is not navigable above this lock but remains as a feeder to the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal at Hatherton Junction three hundred metres west-south-west. Restoration is planned, but re-opening is many years away. http://www.lhcrt.org.uk/ http://captainahabswaterytales.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/hatherton-branch-canal.html Image]
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Image Location
Latitude
52.675697
Longitude
-2.092985