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Overflow to Middlewich Bottom Lock
No water flowing in this hot and dry summer.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 28 Aug 2022
0.06 miles
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Below Lock No 72, Trent and Mersey Canal, Middlewich
The 'Middlewich Three' locks are numbered 72-74 from the top. There was much industrial dereliction around here in 1979 but it has now mostly been cleared away.
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton
Taken: 13 Apr 1979
0.06 miles
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Between Locks 72 and 73, Middlewich, Trent and Mersey Canal
The industrial dereliction along the eastern bank in 1979 is obvious.
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton
Taken: 13 Apr 1979
0.06 miles
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Lock No 73, Trent and Mersey Canal, Middlewich
Lock No 73 is the middle one of the 'Middlewich three' locks. The boat about to descend is heading northwards
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton
Taken: 13 Apr 1979
0.06 miles
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Lock 74, Trent and Mersey Canal, 1990
Middlewich church is in the distance.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 26 Sep 1990
0.06 miles
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Trent and Mersey Canal: Middlewich Bottom Lock No 74
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton
Taken: 2 Apr 2015
0.06 miles
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Four nursery nurses, Middlewich
Taking twelve infants for a stroll along the Trent & Mersey canal towpath.
Image: © Christine Johnstone
Taken: 16 May 2024
0.06 miles
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Middlewich Bottom Lock No 74, Cheshire
This is the bottom lock in the flight of three on the Trent and Mersey Canal at Middlewich. The deep locks provide a rise (or fall) of 32ft 7in (9·9 metres). Kings Lock (No 71) above and Big Lock (No 75) below are usually not included as part of the flight. The telephoto assisted image was taken from the footbridge over the middle lock.
Image: © Roger D Kidd
Taken: 28 Aug 2011
0.07 miles
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Middlewich Bottom Lock No 74, Cheshire
This is the bottom lock in the flight of three on the Trent and Mersey Canal at Middlewich. The deep locks provide a rise (or fall) of 32ft 7in (9·9 metres). Kings Lock ((No 71) above and Big Lock (No 75) below are usually not included as part of the flight. The telephoto assisted image was taken from the footbridge over the middle lock.
Image: © Roger D Kidd
Taken: 28 Aug 2011
0.07 miles
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Middlewich Bottom Lock No 74, Cheshire
Four more narrowboats are queueing for this, the bottom lock in the flight of three on the Trent and Mersey Canal at Middlewich. The deep locks provide a rise (or fall) of 32ft 7in (9·9 metres). Passage for each boat in each lock is ten-fifteen minutes, so the crew at the end of the line can put the kettle on and switch the engine off.
Kings Lock (No 71) above and Big Lock (No 75) below are usually not included as part of the flight. The telephoto assisted image was taken from the middle lock.
Image: © Roger D Kidd
Taken: 28 Aug 2011
0.07 miles