Factory locks (bottom lock)
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Factory locks (bottom lock)
Image: © Andrew Abbott Taken: 13 Sep 2022
Grade II listed. Listing number 1342644. One of flight of three locks and attached footbridge. Circa 1829. Engineer Thomas Telford. Brick with sandstone kerbs to lock chambers, now partly replaced by concrete. Cast-iron sluice gear at upper side. Single gates. Across the lower end of the lock chamber is a cast-iron footbridge cantilevered from the southern bank, so allowing a tow rope to pass through the gap between it and the northern bank.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.531964
Longitude
-2.073516