Congestion at Bishop's Meadow Lock, Loughborough
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Congestion at Bishop's Meadow Lock, Loughborough
Image: © Roger Kidd Taken: 26 Aug 2013
August Bank Holiday approaches Bishop's Meadow Lock, No 54 on the Grand Union Canal(Leicester Section)/Soar Navigation. The lock provides a rise (or fall) of 8ft 7in (2·6 metres) between the canal and the river levels. The canal rejoins the River Soar about eight hundred metres ahead. The locks are wide and full length (72 feet) so the two boats in front, and we probably fit in together (I can't remember if we did). The Loughborough Navigation (including the River Soar) was bought by the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company in 1932.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.789474
Longitude
-1.216569