Sidepond at Glascote Top Lock near Tamworth, Staffordshire
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Sidepond at Glascote Top Lock near Tamworth, Staffordshire
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 18 Aug 2013
On the Coventry Canal there is a flight of two locks at Kettlebrook, known as Glascote Locks. Together they provide a rise of 13ft 8in (about 4·2 metres). Both were built with side ponds to aid water supply, but now they are not in use.
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Image Location
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52.626491
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-1.681298