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Railway through Middlewich
A two-track freight line as seen from King Street bridge. For a view the other way from the same bridge, see
Image The bridge in the distance carries the A54.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 27 Jun 2010
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Warehouses next to the railway
A small area of light industry on the outskirts of Middlewich.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 27 Jun 2010
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Canal boat Adagio, Trent & Mersey canal towards bridge #172
Image: © Ian S
Taken: 28 Jan 2022
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The big Lock (no.75) Trent Mersey Canal, Middlewich
Taken during the Middlewich Canal festival 2018
Image: © Brian Deegan
Taken: 16 Jun 2018
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Middlewich Big Lock No 75, Cheshire
All the other Middlewich locks to the south east are narrow locks, a little over seven feet in width, some of them paired, but Big Lock will accommodate two narrowboats side by side, being about fifteen feet (3·8 metres) across. The lock allows a rise (or fall) of 5ft 1in (1·55 metres). The lock is just over seventy feet in long (22 metres); the boat is forty-two feet in length (12·8 metres).
Image: © Roger D Kidd
Taken: 28 Aug 2011
0.11 miles
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Middlewich Big Lock No 75, Cheshire
All the other Middlewich locks to the south east are narrow locks, a little over seven feet in width, some of them paired, but Big Lock will accommodate two narrowboats side by side, being about fifteen feet (3·8 metres) across. The lock allows a rise (or fall) of 5ft 1in (1·55 metres). On the right is the Big Lock public house and restaurant.
Image: © Roger D Kidd
Taken: 28 Aug 2011
0.11 miles
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Trent and Mersey Canal: Sharing a Big Lock
As can be seen in this picture, there is plenty of room here for two narrowboats side by side. Such and arrangement saves water. In the days of working boats, a pair of boats (motor and butty) were often tied together side by side when working through a sequence of wide locks, e.g. those at Hatton on the Grand Union Canal. Such boats were said to be 'breasted up'.
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton
Taken: 2 Apr 2015
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Middlewich Big Lock 75
Trent and Mersey Canal. Called 'Big' lock as it is a broad lock (14 ft wide) unlike all the other locks on this part of the canal which are narrow (7 ft).
Image: © Mike Todd
Taken: 13 May 2011
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Trent and Mersey Canal: footbridge at Big Lock
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton
Taken: 2 Apr 2015
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Trent & Mersey canal at lock #75
Image: © Ian S
Taken: 28 Jan 2022
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