Planet Lock
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Planet Lock by David Stowell as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Planet Lock
Image: © David Stowell Taken: Unknown
After the dramatic rise of the Bedford Street Staircase Image the modest rise of about a metre at Planet Lock comes as rather a surprise. This lock was in fact added after the canal was built to compensate for land subsidence due to mining.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.014759
Longitude
-2.184787