Peak Forest Canal, lock 11, Marple
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Peak Forest Canal, lock 11, Marple
Image: © Robin Webster Taken: 22 Apr 1984
The boat is starting to drop 13 ft in one of this flight of sixteen locks, all of just about the same depth, which is very deep by narrow canal standards.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.396825
Longitude
-2.058912