Marple Locks No 4 east of Stockport
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Marple Locks No 4 east of Stockport
Image: © Roger Kidd Taken: 7 Sep 2014
Marple Locks No 4, looking north towards Stockport and Manchester. Several lock gates had been left open by a descending boat crew. This is unacceptable practice, because if these gates are left open, and the top gate is leaking, the total draining of the pound above the lock (and even the pound above that) is possible in quite a short time, then the canal is impassable until water is replenished by controlled flow through the upper locks. All paddles should be lowered (NOT dropped!) and gates closed to minimise water loss. The Marple flight on the Peak Forest Canal consists of sixteen deep locks in a mile. The total fall (or rise) provided is 209ft 6in (almost 64 metres). The canal was opened to navigation by 1796 but not enough money remained to build these locks. A temporary tramway was installed and used until 1804, when the locks were completed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marple_Lock_Flight
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Image Location
Latitude
53.404375
Longitude
-2.060577