Wolverhampton Locks No 14
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Wolverhampton Locks No 14
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 17 Feb 2008
The flight of twenty-one locks completed James Brindley's Canal link from Birmingham to Aldersley Junction (joining the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal) which opened its full 22.5 mile (36km) by 1772. The flight alters the water level by 132 feet (40 metres) over two miles.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.601498
Longitude
-2.128411