2015

SK5680 : Haggonfields Lock and bridge (40)

taken 9 years ago, near to Rhodesia, Nottinghamshire, England

Haggonfields Lock and bridge (40)
Haggonfields Lock and bridge (40)
Old OS maps show the lock name as Haggonfield, but give the area name as Haggonfields. (The area later gained the name 'Rhodesia' when colliery housing was built.)
Chesterfield Canal :: SK3871

The Chesterfield Canal is a 46-mile-long navigable channel from the Derbyshire town of Chesterfield to the River Trent, passing through Staveley, Shireoaks, Worksop and Retford. The sections between West Stockwith junction on the Trent and Kiveton Park near Rotherham and from Staveley to just short of Chesterfield are navigable. The 10 miles from Norwood tunnel to Staveley are disused, Norwood tunnel has partly collapsed. The Chesterfield Canal trust plan to restore this section, but it requires a major diversion around Killamarsh.
The route is a typical James Brindley contour canal. An application was made to Parliament and the Act of Parliament received the Royal Assent on 28 March 1771. The canal was a success when it opened in 1777, however the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway opened a parallel line in 1849. The last commercial traffic was in 1908.


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Geographical Context: Canals Canal: Lock Chesterfield Canal Primary Subject: Canal other tags: Canal Bridge Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Bridge 40 [10] Title Clusters: · Haggonfields Lock and bridge (40) [2] ·
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SK5680, 96 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Alan Murray-Rust   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 20 January, 2015   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 26 January, 2015
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 5665 8023 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:18.9588N 1:9.0675W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 5665 8023
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East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
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