Twyford Lock in Stoke-on-Trent
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Image: © Roger Kidd Taken: 10 Sep 2014
Looking north-north-west, Twyford Lock (No 38) is the third lock up in the Stoke flight of five on the Trent and Mersey Canal, which together raise the water level by fifty feet (15·25m). Shelton New Road (formerly Newcastle Road) is behind the camera.