Twyford Lock in Stoke-on-Trent
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Twyford Lock in Stoke-on-Trent
Image: © Roger Kidd Taken: 11 Sep 2019
Twyford Lock (No 38) is the middle lock in the Stoke flight of five on the Trent and Mersey Canal. Together they provide a rise (or fall) of fifty feet (15·24 metres). I can't remember why the gate is open, the paddles are up, yet no boat appears to be approaching.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.016187
Longitude
-2.191501