A flight of locks
| Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:23 John M |
Titford or Oldbury Locks This flight of six locks opened in 1837 providing a navigable canal along a feeder from the Titford Pools. The locks fall by 38 ft from the 511 ft summit level to the 473 ft Wolverhampton level of James Brindley's Birmingham Canal(Old Main Line). The locks were known to bargees as the 'Crow' after the owner of the adjacent chemical works.         |
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| Tue, 12 May 2009 19:48 John M |
Walsall Locks on the Walsall Branch Canal The eight locks connect the Wolverhampton Level (473 feet) of the Wyley & Essington Canal to the Walsall Level (408 feet) of the Walsall Canal. The link was opened in 1841.             |
| Sun, 31 May 2009 20:48 John M |
Brades Locks on the Gower Branch Canal The three locks raise the canal 20 feet from the Birmingham Level to the Wolverhampton Level. The top two locks form a staircase.    |
| Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:08 Hertfordshire Chris |
The Marsworth Flight of Locks, near Tring, Grand Union Canal As part of a wider research project on the transport routes through the Tring Gap in the Chiltern Hills into the Vale of Aylesbury I am posting linked sets of pictures on the Canal Network – See SP9114 : Canal and Reservoir Information – Tring Area. The aim is to allow you to travel from key point to key point on the canals, round the reservoirs, or switch to ancient footpaths, tracks, etc., pausing to see nearby historic features on the way. I have recently posted the following set of key pictures climbing the Marsworth flight of locks, and for each key picture I will be adding additional views – such as the side ponds, lock keepers cottages, etc.  Bridge No 131.  Junction with the Aylesbury Arm.  Long Term Moorings.  Bridge No 132.  Lock No 39.  Between Locks 39 and 40.  Lock No 40.  Between Locks 40 and 41.  Lock No 41.  Between Locks 41 and 42.  Lock No 42.  Between Locks 42 and 43.  Lock No 43.  Between Locks 43 and 44.  Lock No 44.  Between Locks 44 and 45. Lock No 45 and Dry Dock. (Tring Summit and start of Wendover Arm). |
| Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:44 John M |
Stone Flight on the Trent & Mersey Canal A flight of four locks raises the canal by 40 feet passing close to the centre of Stone. Built by James Brindley the canal reached Stone in 1771 and Stoke after his death in 1772. Lock No 30 - Stone Top Lock   Lock No 29 - Newcastle Road Bridge Lock    Lock No 28 - Yard Lock      Lock No 27 - Stone Bottom Lock   |
| Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:27 silverwhiskers |
Stoke Flight on the Trent and Mersey Canal The flight of five deep locks climbing to Stoke-on-Trent raises the water level by fifty feet (just over fifteen metres) Stoke Bottom Lock N0 36     Cockshutts Lock No 37    Twyford Lock No 38   Etruria Lock No 39   Stoke Top Lock No 40     |
| Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:00 John M |
Rushall Locks on the Rushall Canal, BCN The Rushall Canal was built by James Walker and opened in 1847. The nine locks in two flights lower the canal by 65 feet from the Wolverhampton to the Walsall Levels. The upper pair of locks were known as 'The Mosses' Locks 1 and 2   The lower flight known as 'The Ganzies' were named after the heavy sweaters required to keep out the cold. Lock 3 - Top Lock   Locks 4, 5 & 6    Locks 7, 8 & 9      |
| Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:03 John M |
Lapworth Locks on the Stratford Canal The twenty six locks were constructed in two phases. Locks 2 to 20 between Kingswood Junction and Hockley Heath opened in 1803 providing a connection to the Grand Union Canal. Locks 21 to 27 south of the junction were opened in 1816 with the lower section of the canal to Stratford-on-Avon. Passing through twenty five locks the water level falls by 158 feet 6 inches about 52 metres over a distance of 2.5 miles, 4km. The first four locks are spaced well apart Locks 2 & 3     Locks 4 & 5   Locks 6 & 7 lead to the top of the closely packed flight     This group of seven locks have side pounds and overflow weirs Locks 8 & 9     Locks 10 & 11     Locks 12, 13 & 14    A short walk reaches another group of five locks without side pounds Locks 15 & 16    Locks 17 & 18    Lock 19    At Kingswood Junction a branch with Lock 20 leads to the Grand Union Canal and the Stratford Canal continues ahead through Lock 21     The locks become more widely spaced south of the junction Locks 22, 23 & 24    Locks 25, 26 (no photos yet) & 27   |
| Sat, 6 Feb 2010 20:18 silverwhiskers |
Hurleston Locks on the Llangollen Canal The Llangollen Canal is fed from the River Dee at Llantysilio and has twenty-one locks. The last four are in a close flight at Hurleston Junction where the canal meets the Shropshire Union Canal. There, the four locks drop the water level by 34ft 3in (almost 10.5 metres). The flight:   Top Lock No 1    Lock No 2   Lock No 3    Bottom Lock No 4    |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:38 silverwhiskers |
Curdworth Locks, (and the Minworth three), on the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal There are three well spaced locks at Minworth, changing the water level by a total of 16ft 8in (about 5.1 metres). Top Lock No 1  Middle Lock No 2  Bottom Lock No 3  Continuing north-east, the Curdworth flight consists of another eleven locks, some well spaced apart, providing a rise of 76ft 4in (23 metres) between Curdworth and Kingsbury in Warwickshire, a distance of about two and a half miles. Top Lock No 1   Lock Nos 2 and 3     Lock Nos 4 and 5   Lock No 6   Lock Nos 7 and 8    Lock No 9     Lock No 10  ?Lock No 11 Bottom Lock   |
