Filance Lock in Penkridge, Staffordshire
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Filance Lock in Penkridge, Staffordshire
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 31 Aug 2025
Filance Lock is No 37 on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. It lowers (or raises) the water level by 10ft 3in (3·12 metres). This lock fills quite slowly and the gate is heavy work so the tiller man is having to reverse because he has assumed the opening was imminent and it wasn't. Second try; he didn't need to thrash the water like that in order to enter the lock. See Image
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Image Location
Latitude
52.720361
Longitude
-2.109366