Weighton Lock
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Weighton Lock
Image: © Paul Glazzard Taken: 12 Oct 2007
Looking north-northwest from the bridge over the lock towards the lock keeper's cottage (appropriately named 'Weighton Lock') and Humber Lock Farm beyond. The 9½ mile long Market Weighton Canal from the town of Market Weighton to the River Humber was ordered by Act of Parliament in 1772 and opened in 1782. Much of the canal had been neglected by 1900 and the right of navigation through the lock on the Humber was lost in 1971. The lock was refurbished in 1994 by the National Rivers Authority and reopened on 26 May 1995.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.720031
Longitude
-0.676253