Lock keeper's tower (detail) at Gailey, Staffordshire
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Lock keeper's tower (detail) at Gailey, Staffordshire
Image: © Roger Kidd Taken: 18 Sep 2019
On the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal this former toll and lock keeper's watch tower was necessary because the view northwards along the canal was obscured from the lock-side by Gailey Bridge (No 79) carrying Watling Street (now the A5). The lock here is at the northern end of the canal's summit pound (about ten miles from Compton Lock, Wolverhampton). The building now houses an attractive souvenir and ice-cream shop. Image]
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Image Location
Latitude
52.691225
Longitude
-2.119797