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Canalside Open Space in Openshaw
A small "Country Park" by the Ashton Canal.
Image: © Glyn Baker
Taken: 11 Sep 2021
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Vinegar Lock, Ashton Canal
Lock#10 on the Ashton Canal at the side of the Anchor Chemicals (now a subsidiary of Air Products) factory is called "Vinegar Lock" from the nearby vinegar works which were demolished in the 1980s.
Lock 10 has the distinction of being the deepest narrow lock in Britain, with a fall of 13 feet 10 inches (http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/ashton/ac6b.htm Pennine Waterways).
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 15 Nov 2012
0.06 miles
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Ashton Canal, Lock 10 (Vinegar Lock)
Lock#10 on the Ashton Canal, at the side of the Anchor Chemicals (now a subsidiary of Air Products) factory, is called "Vinegar Lock" from the nearby vinegar works which were demolished in the 1980s.
Lock 10 has the distinction of being the deepest narrow lock in Britain, with a fall of 13 feet 10 inches (http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/ashton/ac6b.htm Pennine Waterways).
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 15 Nov 2012
0.06 miles
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Site of Clayton Junction
This was the junction where the Stockport Branch led off from the main Ashton Canal, a distance of almost four miles to Stockport in Cheshire. I do not know the official date of closure of this branch, but I suspect it did not see any boats after World War II, although a correspondent recalls that it was still in water at least as far as Gorton until the early 1960s. The branch has now been filled in.
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton
Taken: 12 Apr 1981
0.06 miles
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Lock No.10 bottom gates
On the Ashton Canal with one of several chemical works at Clayton alongside
Image: © Kevin Waterhouse
Taken: 24 Feb 2023
0.07 miles
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Ashton Canal, Clayton (NCN Route 60)
The Ashton Canal passing the Anchor Chemicals (now a subsidiary of Air Products) factory. Chemicals manufacturing was one of the long established industries in this part of East Manchester.
At this point, the towpath forms part of the National Cycle Network route number 60.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 15 Nov 2012
0.08 miles
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Ashton Canal
Industrial buildings alongside the Ashton Canal.
Image: © Peter McDermott
Taken: 30 Nov 2014
0.08 miles
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Former canal junction
This is where the Stockport Branch left the Ashton Canal.
Image: © Bill Boaden
Taken: 14 Jun 2010
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Ashton Canal
A supermarket trolley making a dash for the canal.
Image: © Peter McDermott
Taken: 30 Nov 2014
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Stub of the former Stockport Branch, Clayton Junction
Looking south from the Ashton Canal towpath bridge.
Image: © Christine Johnstone
Taken: 9 May 2014
0.08 miles