IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Farams Road, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST7 3RP
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Farams Road, ST7 3RP by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Listing (67 Images Found)
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Lock 53, Thurlwood Steel Lock, 1961
Now dismantled, the strange structure on the right was a special lock constructed in 1957 to counter the effects of subsidence caused by brine pumping. It is now dismantled, as the normal lock paired with it continued to operate satisfactorily, and still does. It was complicated and tedious to use, so once tried, never again. To quote the boat's log: "11.32. Left Thurlwood Steel lock after long time operating due to ignorance". And that was with a crew rather highly qualified mechanically!
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 12 Apr 1961
0.03 miles
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Trent and Mersey Canal: Bridge No 140
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton
Taken: 1 Apr 2015
0.03 miles
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Canalside houses, Thurlwood
By lock 53 on the Trent & Mersey canal.
Image: © Christine Johnstone
Taken: 1 May 2023
0.04 miles
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Thurlwood Locks No 53, Trent and Mersey Canal
The disused experimental steel lock is seen to the right.
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton
Taken: 15 Apr 1981
0.04 miles
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Trent and Mersey Canal: Thurlwood Lock No 53
The site of the former Thurlwood Steel Lock is to the left of this one
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton
Taken: 1 Apr 2015
0.04 miles
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Thurlwood Upper Locks No 53, Cheshire
This used to be a single lock built by James Brindley in the mid 1770s (left of the one being used by the narrowboat). In order to speed traffic along in the 1830s Thomas Telford supervised pairing of most of the locks between Hardings Wood and Wheelock.
Over the decades, salt mining subsidence caused many of the locks to need maintenance, which was not given as traffic fell away in the mid 20th century. Consequently many locks fell into disuse, some being filled in. In 1957 an experimental steel lock replaced Brindleys lock here on the left, past the reeds. This was a difficult structure to operate, doomed to failure, and was dismantled for scrap in 1988. The site is now filled in and grassed over.
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Image: © Roger D Kidd
Taken: 1 Sep 2011
0.04 miles
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Trent and Mersey Canal at Thurlwood, Cheshire
This is the canal north-west of Thurlwood Upper Lock, No 53, telephoto viewed from the bridge, No 141.
Image: © Roger D Kidd
Taken: 1 Sep 2011
0.05 miles