A flight of locks
| Mon, 7 Jul 2008 12:42 silverwhiskers |
Braunston Locks, Grand Union Canal (Main Line) Bottom Lock, No 1   Locks 2 and 3     Locks 4 and 5     Top Lock, No 6     |
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| Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:27 John M |
Stourton Locks on the Stourbridge Canal A flight of four locks rising 32 feet from the Staffs & Worcs Canal.       |
| Sun, 3 Aug 2008 11:43 John M |
Stourbridge Canal (The 'Stourbridge Sixteen') The sixteen locks lower the canal by 145 feet between Leys Junction and Wordsley Junction.                 |
| Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:51 John M |
Delph Locks on the Dudley No 1 Canal A flight of eight locks raises the level by about 100ft from the Stourbridge Canal. The original nine lock flight was built by Thomas Dadford(Senior) in 1779. Problems with mining subsidence and difficulty of operation led to their replacement by a new flight in 1855. The top and bottom locks were retained and a new flight constructed with one less lock on a straighter alignment. Top Lock   Original 1779 and new 1855 alignments    Locks 2 -8             Looking up from the Bottom Lock  |
| Sun, 5 Oct 2008 11:12 silverwhiskers |
The Birmingham and Fazeley Canal The Birmingham and Fazeley canal is about fifteen miles in length, and goes from Old Turn (Deep Cutting) Junction, often called Farmer's bridge Junction, to Fazeley Junction, where it meets the Coventry Canal. It has 38 locks, including four flights: The Farmer's Bridge flight of thirteen, the Aston flight of eleven, the Minworth flight of three (rather extended) and the Curdworth flight of eleven (also somewhat stretched out). The Farmer's Bridge Locks. A flight of thirteen locks changing the water level by 81 feet (about 25 metres). Top Lock No 1    Locks 2 and 3    Locks 4 and 5     Locks 6 and 7    Locks 8 and 9     Locks 10 and 11     Lock 12  and 13 (bottom lock)   The two pictures by David Stowell on the bottom row taken in 1975 are particularly interesting. This webpage on the BCN Society site is also of interest: Link The Aston Locks From Aston Junction to Holborn Hill Railway Bridge, a distance of about a mile and a quarter (just over two kilometres) the Aston flight of eleven locks lowers the water level by seventy feet (about twenty-one metres). Top Lock No 14    Nos 15 to 17      Lock 17 and beyond in 1976  and in 2008  Nos 18 to 20       Nos 21 and 22     Nos 23 and 24 (Bottom Lock)     |
| Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:03 John M |
Factory Junction Locks on the Birmingham Canal:New Main Line The locks were built in 1826 by Thomas Telford. When completed the New Main Line reduced the journey from Wolverhampton to Birmingham from 22.5 to 15 miles. The total rise for the three locks is 20 feet. The locks form part of the Factory Locks, Tipton, Conservation Area. The name ‘Factory’ referred to the nearby James Kier Alkali works.    Top, Middle and Bottom Locks |
| Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:18 John M |
Perry Barr Locks on the Tame Valley Canal The Tame Valley Canal opened in 1846. This flight of eleven locks with a further near Salford Junction raise the canal by 106 feet.              |
| Sun, 8 Feb 2009 18:08 silverwhiskers |
The Coventry Canal Atherstone Locks The flight of eleven locks lowering the canal onto the Leicestershire plain was built during the second phase of the canal's construction, between about 1788 and 1791 when it reached Fazeley. The flight consists of five close together in Atherstone, then three groups of two more spaced out, making the total length about two miles. The water level is changed by eighty feet, just under twenty-five metres, and initially there were sideponds constructed by each lock to assist in the conservation of water. Some of these have been filled in, whilke others are no longer operational. David Stowell's commentary on his image of Lock No 8 explains all! Atherstone Top Lock No 1   Locks 2 and 3    Locks 4 and 5      Locks 6 and 7   Locks 8 and 9     Lock 10 and Bottom Lock No 11     |
| Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:48 John M |
Stoke Locks on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal This six lock flight between Stoke Wharf and Stoke Pound is a gentle introduction before the approaching thirty lock Tardebigge flight.       |
| Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:37 John M |
Tardebigge Locks on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal The thirty lock flight at Tardebigge lifts the canal to the summit level.                                |
