2019

SJ6542 : Audlem Lock flight

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

This is 1 of 2 images, with title Audlem Lock flight in this square
Audlem Lock flight
Audlem Lock flight
Audlem Lock Flight consists of 15 locks, which drop 93 feet over one and a half miles of the Shropshire Union Canal.
Looking north from Snows Bridge No 77 towards locks 8 to 11.
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 Flight Primary Subject: Lock
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SJ6542, 247 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 658 427 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:58.8546N 2:30.5687W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 658 425
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