Latest Images by Nick Atty http://www.geograph.org.uk/ 2009-12-15T21:41:02GMT text/html 2005-04-17T11:35:45GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/136 Nick Atty 53.114310 -2.549749 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4064 This deep lock (11 foot 3) is one of four on the Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal text/html 2005-04-17T11:33:25GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/136 Nick Atty 53.072105 -2.540256 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4063 At Nantwich the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal joins the older (and wider) Chester Canal. Both canals later formed part of the Shropshire Union Canal. The junction wasn't quite end-on, forming the basin which is now home to a boatyard text/html 2005-04-17T11:30:50GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/136 Nick Atty 53.043341 -2.539896 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4060 text/html 2005-04-17T11:28:59GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/136 Nick Atty 53.030771 -2.536757 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4059 There are two locks at Hack Green, between them they change the level of the canal by 12 feet. text/html 2005-04-17T11:23:06GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/136 Nick Atty 52.729895 -2.103614 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4058 The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Society has put these attractive nameboards by each lock on the canal text/html 2005-04-13T20:19:16GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/136 Nick Atty 52.716303 -1.808992 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3160 At this secluded spot in the woods, the Trent and Mersey canal turns through nearly 90 degrees and heads north-west towards Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent and - eventually - Manchester and north-east towards Burton-on-Trent and Nottingham text/html 2005-04-13T20:15:14GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/136 Nick Atty 52.682086 -1.776598 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3158 Compare this with the other picture for SK1509 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3156 to see how much better bridges look in brick. text/html 2005-04-13T20:12:55GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/136 Nick Atty 52.680277 -1.770691 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3156 Several bridges on the Oxford and Coventry Canals have been cement rendered at some time in the middle of the last century. It was not a particularly good idea. text/html 2005-04-13T20:08:12GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/136 Nick Atty 52.669441 -1.747087 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3154 Part of the Coventry Canal was built by the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal Company. The bridges on the B&F part are named, while those on the remainder are numbered. text/html 2005-04-13T20:04:29GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/136 Nick Atty 52.664927 -1.738242 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3150 The farmhouse stands beside the bridge text/html 2005-04-13T20:00:45GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/136 Nick Atty 52.661328 -1.736785 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3149 The House stands right by the canal bridge that bears its name text/html 2005-04-13T19:57:40GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/136 Nick Atty 52.655914 -1.727947 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3145 The door in the bridge holds "stop planks" for blocking the canal when it needs to be drained. text/html 2005-04-13T19:55:37GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/136 Nick Atty 52.648746 -1.738338 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3142 A World War II "pillbox" stands by the bridge, ready to defend Hopwas from invasion text/html 2005-04-11T21:05:09GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/136 Nick Atty 52.483600 -1.929275 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2693 Two loops of canal meet the main line here, making a rare waterways crossroads text/html 2005-04-11T20:59:28GMT http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/136 Nick Atty 52.526050 -2.026930 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2688 Looking up the lock flight from Great Bridge.