A flight of locks
Contents
- Birmingham Canal
- Wolverhampton Locks (21 locks)
- Factory Junction Locks (3 locks)
- Smethwick Locks (3 locks)
- Birmingham and Fazeley Canal
- Farmer's Bridge Locks (13 locks)
- Aston Locks (11 locks)
- Minworth Locks (3 locks)
- Curdworth Locks (11 locks)
- Coventry Canal
- Atherstone Locks (11 locks)
- Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal
- Bratch Locks (3 locks)
- Stourbridge Canal
- Stourton Locks (4 locks)
- Stourbridge Sixteen (16 locks)
- Dudley No 1 Canal
- Delph Locks (8 locks)
- Walsall Branch Canal
- Walsall Locks (8 locks)
- Walsall Canal
- Ryder's Green Locks (8 locks)
- Rushall Canal
- Rushall Locks (9 locks)
- Titford Branch Canal
- Titford or Oldbury Locks (6 locks)
- Tame Valley Canal
- Perry Barr Locks (11 locks)
- Gower Branch Canal
- Brades Locks (3 locks)
- Shropshire Union Canal
- Audlem Locks (15 locks)
- Tyrley Locks (5 locks)
- Adderley Locks (5 locks)
- Worcester and Birmingham Canal
- Tardebigge Locks (30 locks)
- Stoke Locks (6 locks)
- Astwood Locks {6 locks)
- Offerton or Tibberton Locks (6 locks)
- Droitwich Canal
- Hanbury Locks(3 & 3 new locks)
- Grand Union Canal(Leicester Section)
- Foxton Locks (10 locks)
- Watford Locks (7 locks)
- Grand Union Canal (formerly the Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal)
- Garrison Locks (5 locks)
- Camp Hill Locks (6 locks)
- Knowle Locks (5 locks)
- Grand Union Canal
- Hanwell Locks (6 locks)
- Hatton Locks (21 locks)
- Basford Locks (4 locks)
- Marsworth Locks (7 locks)
- Trent and Mersey Canal
- Stone Flight (4 locks)
- Stoke Flight (5 locks)
- Huddersfield Narrow Canal
- Diggle Locks (9 locks)
- Macclesfield Canal
- Bosley Locks (12 locks)
- Caldon Canal
- Bedford Street Staircase
- Kennet and Avon Canal
- Caen Hill Locks
- Stratford Canal
- Lapworth Locks (26 locks)
- Preston Bagot Locks (3 locks)
- Wilmcote Locks (11 locks)
- Llangollen Canal
- Hurleston Locks(4 locks)
- Grindley Brook Locks (6 locks)
- Crinan Canal
- Ardrishaig Locks (4 locks)
- Cairnbaan Locks (4 locks)
- Dunardry Locks (5 locks)
- Crinan Locks (2 locks)
Birmingham Canal
Wolverhampton Locks (21 locks)
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.
Factory Junction Locks (3 locks)
The locks were built in 1826 by Thomas Telford. When completed the New Main Line reduced the journey from Wolverhampton to Birmingham from 22.5 to 15 miles. The total rise for the three locks is 20 feet. The locks form part of the Factory Locks, Tipton, Conservation Area. The name ‘Factory’ referred to the nearby James Kier Alkali works.
Top, Middle and Bottom LocksSmethwick Locks (3 locks)
Parallel locks and a new cut were built in the 1790s to a design by Smeaton to remove James Brindley's Smethwick Summit level with its six lock flight. A single set of locks survive with a rise of 20 feet (around 6 metres).
Lock No 1
Lock No 2
Lock No 3
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