In Stoke Bottom Lock, Stoke-on-Trent
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In Stoke Bottom Lock, Stoke-on-Trent
Image: © Roger Kidd Taken: 3 Aug 2015
Lock No 36 on the Trent and Mersey Canal. The lock provides a rise of ten feet (three metres). The Stoke flight of five locks provides a rise (or fall) of fifty feet (15·2 metres). Notice the big cill halfway up. Boaters descending through the lock MUST keep their stern forward of the white markers (just visible on both walls) as the water drains out of the lock. Failure to do this can result in the stern catching, the bow dipping, and potential sinking of the boat.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.009994
Longitude
-2.18581