2022
SJ9001 : Wolverhampton Locks No 20 near Aldersley Junction
taken 2 years ago, near to Oxley, Wolverhampton, England
Wolverhampton Locks No 20 near Aldersley Junction
This is the Birmingham Canal Navigations Main Line, looking north-west towards Aldersley Junction.
This lock is unique in the Wolverhampton flight of 21. It was added to the original flight of twenty about fourteen years after the canal opened in 1772. The original bottom lock (at the site of the current bottom lock No 21) was very deep and inefficient, and was also rebuilt so the two locks could accommodate the fall from Lock No 19.
A further point of uniqueness is that this is the only lock in the flight to have a single tail gate, rather than the usual pair of mitre gates.
Sustrans National Route 81 (Wolverhampton to Aberystwyth) for cyclists passes along the towpath here, so non-waterways funding is available to help maintain the surface. A public footpath off to the right is also available, replacing the indirect course to Aldersley Bridge shown on current Ordnance Survey maps.
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