Elland Lock
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Elland Lock
Image: © Richard Kay Taken: 23 Feb 2008
The canal (Calder and Hebble Navigation) runs parallel to and close by Park Road A6025 at this point. At Elland Lock the water level is raised above the level of the highway. The canal was completed in 1770, by Civil Engineers John Smeaton and James Brindley.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.693159
Longitude
-1.833075