A flight of locks
| Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:50 John M |
I will start you off with a collaborative effort on my local flight with Silverwhiskers and Gordon Griffiths. Climbing the twenty one locks of the Birmingham Canal from Aldersley Junction to Wolverhampton                       A little bit of work has now enabled us to complete the set. Thanks to Silverwhiskers for the following details. '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.' |
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| Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:14 silverwhiskers |
Bosley Locks, Macclesfield Canal Lock 1 (Top Lock)   Lock 2 and 3     (Lock 4 awaiting image) Locks 5, 6 and 7     Locks 8 and 9    Locks 10, 11 and 12 (Bottom Lock)     |
| Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:03 Mr Blue Sky |
Caen Hill Locks, Kennet and Avon canal, Devizes |
| Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:09 John M |
Bratch Locks on the Staffs and Worcs Canal       Built by James Brindley and opened in 1772 with later side pounds. Only the three locks but giving a rise of 30 feet. |
| Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:25 silverwhiskers |
Audlem Locks - Shropshire Union Canal Formerly called the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal, this was opened in 1835, linking the Chester Canal at Nantwich to the Staffordshire and Worcestershire canal at Autherley Junction, hence to Birmingham up the Wolverhampton Locks (see the first posting on this thread). There are fifteen locks in the flight, numbered from south to north, and lowering the water 93 feet (about 28 metres) over a mile and a half. An energetic crew can navigate the flight in under two hours if no delays occur, but more realistically two and a half to three hours is more likely plus time for delays (which can be considerable), five hours not being unknown at busy times in the summer season. There are good pubs in Audlem. Lock 1 (Top Lock)    Locks 2, 3 and 4     Locks 5, 6 and 7    Locks 7 and 8    (Lock 9 awaiting image) Locks 10 and 11   Locks 12 and 13    (Lock No 14 awaiting image) Lock No 15 Bottom Lock  |
| Tue, 4 Mar 2008 14:39 silverwhiskers |
Tyrley Locks - Shropshire Union Canal As one of the contributors says, this route must be the hardest way of entering Cheshire; five locks at Tyrley, five more at Adderley, and then the fifteen at Audlem (see above). The flight of five locks at Tyrley, south of Market Drayton, lowers the water by 33 feet (10 metres). Lock 1 (Top)    Lock 2    Locks 3 and 4    Lock 5 (Bottom)    |
| Tue, 1 Apr 2008 19:31 John M |
Stourton Locks on the Stourbridge Canal A flight of four locks rising 32 feet from the Staffs & Worcs Canal.       |
| Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:21 John M |
Tardebigge Locks on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal The thirty lock flight at Tardebigge lifts the canal to the summit level.                               |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:03 silverwhiskers |
Watford Locks, Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section) This flight of seven locks includes a staircase of four. The water level is raised by 52 feet 6 inches, about sixteen metres. The lock keeper supervises passage through the flight during specified hours in the day. He must be contacted before entering the flight. Waiting at the bottom of the flight  Locks 1 and 2     The staircase (Locks 3 to 6)          Top Lock No 7     |
| Sat, 5 Jul 2008 23:36 John M |
Stourbridge Canal (The 'Stourbridge Sixteen') The sixteen locks lower the canal by 145 feet between Leys Junction and Wordsley Junction.                 |
