Factory Road middle lock
Introduction
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Factory Road middle lock
Image: © Richard Law Taken: 10 Aug 2022
Built around 1829 by Thomas Telford as one of three to raise the Birmingham Main Line canal up to the Wolverhampton Level. It was Grade II listed https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101077150-middle-lock-factory-locks-approximately-40-metres-east-of-factory-road-bridge-birmingham-canal-birmingham-level-tipton-green-ward#.ZAyiYHbP3IU & https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1077150 in 1987.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.531605
Longitude
-2.072042