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SJ9100 : Wolverhampton Locks No 14

near to Oxley, Wolverhampton, Great Britain

Wolverhampton Locks No 14

Birmingham Canal Navigations. The flight of twenty-one locks completed James Brindley's Canal link from Birmingham to Aldersley Junction (joining the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal) which opened its full 22.5 mile (36km) by 1772. The flight alters the water level by 121 feet (37 metres) over two miles.

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2008

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Grid Square: SJ9100, 41 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Roger Kidd (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph
Date Taken: Sunday, 17 February, 2008 (more nearby)
Submitted: Wednesday, 20 February, 2008
Category: Lock (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: SJ 914 004 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:36.0845N 2:7.7046W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: SJ 914 003
View Direction: Northwest (about 315 degrees)