2013

SJ8934 : Stone Top Lock, Trent and Mersey Canal

taken 11 years ago, near to Stone, Staffordshire, England

Stone Top Lock, Trent and Mersey Canal
Stone Top Lock, Trent and Mersey Canal
Lock#30 on the Trent and Mersey Canal is known as Stone Top Lock or Lime Kiln Lock.
Trent and Mersey Canal

The Trent and Mersey Canal is 93·5 miles in length from Derwent Mouth to Preston Brook. The first cut was made by Josiah Wedgwood in July 1766 at Middleport (Stoke-on-Trent). The eastern section between Derwent Mouth and Shugborough (the junction with the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal) was already operational by 1770 and the whole canal through to Preston Brook, where it linked with the Bridgewater Canal was open for business by 1777. James Brindley was the engineer until his death in 1772. There are seventy-six locks en route to raise and lower the water level where hills impede the course. There are four tunnels, including the famous Harecastle Tunnel near Stoke-on-Trent.


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Geographical Context: Suburb, Urban fringe Canals Canal: Trent and Mersey Canal other tags: Canal Lock Gate Narrowboat Narrowboats Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Trent Mersey Canal at Lime Kiln [36] · Lime Kiln Lock No 30 [16] Title Clusters: · Stone Top Lock, Trent and Mersey Canal [2] ·
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SJ8934, 321 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
David Dixon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 11 July, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 13 July, 2013
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 8959 3436 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:54.3942N 2:9.3735W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 8960 3435
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North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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