Thurlwood Steel Lock No 53, Trent and Mersey Canal
Introduction
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Thurlwood Steel Lock No 53, Trent and Mersey Canal
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton Taken: 15 Apr 1981
One of the pair of Thurlwood Locks was selected as the subject of this experiment in modern lock construction, but it was not successful; the prototype remained the sole example, and by 1981 the steel lock was not in use and the parallel conventional lock had to be used. The steel lock was removed and cut up for scrap in 1988. There is an excellent and very rare photograph by David Stowell showing the steel lock actually in use Image
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Image Location
Latitude
53.112522
Longitude
-2.293367