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This is from the other side of the canal to Roger May's image, and taken in about 1962, when the canal was more or less derelict. It's good to see how much work has been done there to restore it. I'm sorry about the poor quality, the image was scanned from a negative and then cleaned up a bit in Photoshop.

This photograph was taken in about 1962 and shows one of the deep locks of the flight at Marple. At that time the canal was more or less derelict, how good it is to see it now fully restored and in use. Please excuse the poor quality of the image which was scanned from an original negative and cleaned up in Photoshop.

Marple Locks No 5. Looking south from the footbridge at Lock No 6. The Marple flight on the Peak Forest Canal consists of sixteen deep locks in a mile. The total fall (or rise) provided is 209ft 6in (almost 64 metres). The canal was opened to navigation by 1796 but not enough money remained to build these locks. A temporary tramway was installed and used until 1804, when the locks were completed.

Seen from the back of a narrowboat that has just entered Lock 6.

Marple Locks No 5. Looking south from the footbridge at Lock No 6. The Marple flight on the Peak Forest Canal consists of sixteen deep locks in a mile. The total fall (or rise) provided is 209ft 6in (almost 64 metres). The canal was opened to navigation by 1796 but not enough money remained to build these locks. A temporary tramway was installed and used until 1804, when the locks were completed.

Marple Locks No 5. The Marple flight on the Peak Forest Canal consists of sixteen deep locks in a mile. The total fall (or rise) provided is 209ft 6in (almost 64 metres). The canal was opened to navigation by 1796 but not enough money remained to build these locks. A temporary tramway was installed and used until 1804, when the locks were completed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marple_Lock_Flight

Marple Locks No 5. The Marple flight on the Peak Forest Canal consists of sixteen deep locks in a mile. The total fall (or rise) provided is 209ft 6in (almost 64 metres). The canal was opened to navigation by 1796 but not enough money remained to build these locks. A temporary tramway was installed and used until 1804, when the locks were completed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marple_Lock_Flight

Lock No 5. Every operation of this deep lock takes a lot of water. In the foreground is the ground paddle winding gear that opens and closes a sluice into the lock chamber. This is operated by use of a right-angled tool called a windlass. The ground paddle should be used first. Built into the gate is another sluice worked by the gate paddle, which is used second, when it is safe to do so. Opening too soon when a boat is in the chamber can flood the boat and sink it. http://www.canalnarrowboat.co.uk/boat-handling/waterways-locks/ The Marple flight on the Peak Forest Canal consists of sixteen deep locks in a mile. The total fall (or rise) provided is 209ft 6in (almost 64 metres). The canal was opened to navigation by 1796 but not enough money remained to build these locks. A temporary tramway was installed and used until 1804, when the locks were completed.

Marple Locks No 5. The image shows the balance beam of the top gate, and the stone setts on the ground laid to assist boat crews operating the gate, especially helpful in wet weather. The Marple flight on the Peak Forest Canal consists of sixteen deep locks in a mile. The total fall (or rise) provided is 209ft 6in (almost 64 metres). The canal was opened to navigation by 1796 but not enough money remained to build these locks. A temporary tramway was installed and used until 1804, when the locks were completed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marple_Lock_Flight

Approaching lock#5 on the Peak Forest Canal.