2022

SJ9001 : Tail gate at Wolverhampton Locks No 20

taken 2 years ago, near to Oxley, Wolverhampton, England

Tail gate at Wolverhampton Locks No 20
Tail gate at Wolverhampton Locks No 20
This is the Birmingham Canal Navigations Main Line, looking north-west towards Aldersley Junction.
Lock No 20 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 like these: Link

SJ9001 : Tail gate at Wolverhampton Locks No 20


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Roger D Kidd   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 20 June, 2022   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 2 July, 2022
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 9040 0107 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:36.4395N 2:8.5917W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 9040 0106
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North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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