Fartown Green, or Red Doles, Lock No 9, Huddersfield Broad Canal
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Fartown Green, or Red Doles, Lock No 9, Huddersfield Broad Canal
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton Taken: 19 Jun 1993
This is the highest of the nine locks on the Huddersfield Broad, or Sir John Ramsden's, canal. They were built to take Yorkshire keels or short boats, with dimensions not exceeding 58ft x 14ft 2ins. Hand spikes, rather than a windlass, were used to raise the paddles on many of these locks.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.661237
Longitude
-1.770098