2016

SK7080 : Town Lock Wharf

taken 8 years ago, near to Retford, Nottinghamshire, England

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Town Lock Wharf
Town Lock Wharf
Disused wharf building on the Chesterfield Canal at Town Lock Wharf
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: Derelict, Disused Canals other tags: Canal Wharf Chesterfield Canal Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Chesterfield Canal [61] · Town Lock [22] · Wharf [8] Other Photos: · Town Lock Wharf Title Clusters: · Town Lock Wharf [3] ·
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SK7080, 338 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Richard Croft   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 10 February, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 11 February, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 7048 8076 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:19.1452N 0:56.6069W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 7050 8075
View Direction
West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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