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SJ7559 : Narrowboat leaving Lock No 66 near Wheelock, Cheshire

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Narrowboat leaving Lock No 66 near Wheelock, Cheshire

The south lock of the pair (No 66) on the Trent and Mersey Canal is currently in use. Its neighbour needs minor refurbishment, so is not available. In this image, the crew has completed a hard day's locking - unless they continue to Middlewich!

The eight paired locks forming the Wheelock Flight allows a rise in water level of 79ft 6in (24·2 metres). This flight is also part of the more extended series of twenty-six locks, many also paired, which make up the Cheshire Locks, or "Heartbreak Hill" as the canal climbs towards Kidsgrove and the Harecastle Tunnel.

SJ7559 : Wheelock Bottom Lock, Cheshire
SJ7559 : Locks near Wheelock, Cheshire

Trent and Mersey Canal

The Trent and Mersey Canal is 93·5 miles in length from Derwent Mouth to Preston Brook. The first cut was made by Josiah Wedgwood in July 1766 at Middleport (Stoke-on-Trent). The eastern section between Derwent Mouth and Shugborough (the junction with the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal) was already operational by 1770 and the whole canal through to Preston Brook, where it linked with the Bridgewater Canal was open for business by 1777. James Brindley was the engineer until his death in 1772. There are seventy-six locks en route to raise and lower the water level where hills impede the course. There are four tunnels, including the famous Harecastle Tunnel near Stoke-on-Trent.

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2011

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Grid Square: SJ7559, 61 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Roger Kidd (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Supplemental image
Date Taken: Wednesday, 31 August, 2011 (more nearby)
Submitted: Tuesday, 13 March, 2012
Geographical Context: Canals
Subject Location: OSGB36: SJ 754 592 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:7.7798N 2:22.0800W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: SJ 754 592
View Direction: EAST (about 90 degrees)