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SO9868 : Tardebigge Lock No 51, Worcestershire

taken 14 years ago, near to Tardebigge, Worcestershire, England

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Tardebigge Lock No 51, Worcestershire
Tardebigge Lock No 51, Worcestershire
This is telephoto assisted image of Lock No 51, the twenty-third lock up in the Tardebigge flight of thirty, taken from the next lock up. It is situated alongside Tardebigge Reservoir, behind the embankment here on the left. This is a large feeder reservoir covering about 25 acres (ten hectares), built to supply water for the flight of locks. It is maintained by British Waterways and still supplies water to the canal system. It is very popular with anglers. Two have set up their tents today, so maybe they will be dong some night fishing later.
Tardebigge Locks, Worcestershire

The flight of thirty locks from Stoke Pound to Tardebigge (Birmingham Level) raises the water level by 217 feet (66 metres) in about two miles (3.3 km). These locks are numbered 29 to 58, bottom to top, all of them Grade II listed structures.

In all, between the River Severn at Worcester and the Birmingham level (just under sixteen miles) there are 58 locks, raising the water level by 428 feet (about 157 metres) and five tunnels. This was not the original plan, which involved 76 locks. At one time the engineer John Woodhouse proposed that there be just twelve locks and a series of boat-lifts, but although just one lift was built (at the present Tardebigge Top Lock) this was quite quickly replaced, and the lift idea was replaced with just 58 locks.

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Category: Lock
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Feeder Reservoir [13] · Situated Alongside Tardebigge Reservoir [11] · Lock No 51 [9] Title Clusters: · Tardebigge Lock No 51, Worcestershire [3] ·
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Roger D Kidd   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 24 August, 2010   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 10 February, 2011
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 984 685 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:18.8871N 2:1.4769W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SO 984 685
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South-southwest (about 202 degrees)
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