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SJ8498 : Lock#85, Rochdale Canal

near to Manchester, Great Britain

Lock#85, Rochdale Canal

Piccadilly Lock (#85)is completely underground, busy Piccadilly and its office buildings overhead.

Piccadilly lock is one of the "Rochdale Nine", a series of locks which link the Ashton and Bridgewater Canals, through the centre of Manchester. When the rest of the Rochdale Canal was closed to navigation in 1952, these nine locks, were the only part of the canal to remain open, forming part of the "Cheshire Ring".

Rochdale Canal

The Rochdale Canal runs for 33 miles between Manchester and Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire, UK. In Sowerby Bridge it connects with the Calder and Hebble Navigation. In Manchester it connects with the Ashton and Bridgewater Canals.

The canal was opened between Sowerby Bridge and Todmorden and from Manchester to Rochdale in 1799 and between Todmorden and Rochdale in 1805. Most of the canal was closed in 1952. Restoration work began in late 1980s and by 1996 the canal was opened to navigation once again between Sowerby Bridge and the summit level. The canal was re-opened to navigation along its entire length in July 2002 and forms part of the South Pennine Ring.

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2012

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Grid Square: SJ8498, 1261 images (more nearby)
Photographer: David Dixon (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Supplemental image
Date Taken: Saturday, 15 September, 2012 (more nearby)
Submitted: Sunday, 16 September, 2012
Geographical Context: Canals City, Town centre
Image Buckets ^?: Subterranean
Canal (from Tags): Rochdale
Subject Location: OSGB36: SJ 846 980 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:28.7476N 2:13.9745W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: SJ 846 980
View Direction: WEST (about 270 degrees)