2019

SJ6543 : Audlem Flight Lock No 12

taken 5 years ago, near to Audlem, Cheshire East, England

Audlem Flight Lock No 12
Audlem Flight Lock No 12
Audlem Lock Flight consists of 15 locks, which drop 93 feet over one and a half miles of the Shropshire Union Canal. This lock is next to Audlem Bridge No 78.
The Shropshire Union Canal

The Shropshire Union Canal (from Autherley to Nantwich) was engineered by Thomas Telford and opened in 1835. There are long straight sections of this canal which required either embankments or cuttings to avoid the need for locks. Although this was a more difficult procedure, the end route was shorter and the progress for horse drawn working boats could be maintained with (hopefully) no stoppages. The canal (formerly the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal) was opened at a time when railways were making serious inroads into the canal companies' businesses.

The current Shroppie north of Nantwich was formerly the Chester Canal, opened in 1779, and has wider locks and bridges. Boats up to nine feet in beam can still navigate this section; Telford's canal accommodates only narrowboats up to seven feet in beam.


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Geographical Context: Lowlands Canals Canal: Lock Primary Subject: Lock other tags: Canal Bridge Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Audlem Flight [56] · Audlem Bridge [30] · Lock 12 [26] · Flight of 15 [8] · Bridge No 78 [7] ·
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SJ6543, 277 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Mat Fascione   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 5 July, 2019   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 1 April, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 658 434 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:59.2321N 2:30.5910W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 658 434
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