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Betchton Road, SANDBACH, CW11 4XL

These recently built dwellings are between locks 62 and 63 on the Trent and Mersey Canal.

The chapel is not shown on the 1909 OS map but does appear by 1947. I haven't established which denomination it was, but the Methodists had a chapel further along the road. Now in residential use.

The original occupiers would most likely worked at the Malkin's Bank Salt Works, which was on the south bank of the canal.

The shape of the bridge rail would have been to guide the ropes over the top. https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/specialist-teams/caring-for-our-heritage/heritage-team-blog/heritage-team/malkins-side-arm-bridge-a-lesson-in-master-blacksmithing-and-heritage-ironwork-conservation

This eighty metre arm and wharf is used by a boatyard offering services and long-term mooring facilities.

Paired locks No 62 on the Trent and Mersey Canal. The right (south) lock is not currently in use, and needs a lot of attention. The south (disused) lock is circa 1776, (James Brindley),and north lock on the left is circa 1830, (consultant Thomas Telford). The eight paired locks forming the Wheelock Flight allows a rise in water level of 79ft 6in (24·2 metres). This is the fifth pair up. The flight is also part of the more extended series of twenty-six locks, many also paired, which make up the Cheshire Locks, or "Heartbreak Hill" as the canal climbs towards Kidsgrove and the Harecastle Tunnel. The pairing of nearly all the locks was done circa 1830 to speed the traffic.

This is the newer (circa 1830) of the pair at Lock No 62 on the Trent and Mersey Canal. The other older (southern) lock of the pair is not in use, and acts as a weir to allow surplus water an overflow channel. The eight paired locks forming the Wheelock Flight allow a rise in water level of 79ft 6in (24·2 metres). This is one of the fifth pair up. The flight is also part of the more extended series of twenty-six locks, many also paired, which make up the Cheshire Locks, or "Heartbreak Hill" as the canal climbs towards Kidsgrove and the Harecastle Tunnel. The pairing of nearly all the locks was done circa 1830 to speed the traffic. Image] Image]

The newer (circa 1830) of the pair at Lock No 62 on the Trent and Mersey Canal is in use. On the right, the original (circa 1776) lock is not in use, and acts as a weir to allow surplus water an overflow channel. The eight paired locks forming the Wheelock Flight allow a rise in water level of 79ft 6in (24·2 metres). This is one of the fifth pair up. The flight is also part of the more extended series of twenty-six locks, many also paired, which make up the Cheshire Locks, or "Heartbreak Hill" as the canal climbs towards Kidsgrove and the Harecastle Tunnel. The pairing of nearly all the locks was done circa 1830 to speed the traffic. Image]