Overflow weir at Delph Locks No 5 near Brierley Hill
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Overflow weir at Delph Locks No 5 near Brierley Hill
Image: © Roger Kidd Taken: 27 Aug 2010
There are short wide pounds between each lock and sideponds which help in the water management. On the right as you look south-west, broad weirs by locks 2 to 7 allow surplus water to cascade down into the next pound in the manner of a waterfall. Image] On the Dudley No 1 Canal, eight locks in the Delph flight provide a fall (or rise) of 85 feet (just under 26 metres) on the Dudley No 1 Canal near Brierley Hill. Originally there were nine locks, opened in 1779, but in the mid 1850s the course was adjusted and the flight rebuilt as eight locks, just the top and bottom ones now being in their original positions. The new flight opened in 1858.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.476547
Longitude
-2.121273