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Grindley Brook staircase lock 3 and Grindley Brook Bridge (28) (1955)
(30 October 1955)Grindley Brook staircase lock 3 and Grindley Brook Bridge (28) (1955)
Grindley Brook staircase locks 3, 2 & 1 (1959)
Rise 19ft 11in. From 1895 until the early 1920s the mill here was powered by a turbine using the water bypassing the staircase locks. (7 June 1959)Grindley Brook staircase locks 3, 2 & 1 (1959)
Grindley Brook, Lock 5 (1959)
The warehouse in the distance is below Lock 6. (1 February 1959)Grindley Brook, Lock 5 (1959)
Grindley Brook, Lock 5, paddle gear (1959)
(1 February 1959)Grindley Brook, Lock 5, paddle gear (1959)
Hurleston Flight, bottom lock (4) (1956)
The reservoir is in the background. (10 June 1956)Hurleston Flight, bottom lock (4) (1956)
Hurleston Lock 2 (1961)
Looking down the flight from Lock 1. The reservoir is on the left. The cottage below the flight is still surviving, (7 May 1961)Hurleston Lock 2 (1961)
Hurleston Lock 3 (1957)
The gate paddle and ground paddle are visible because the pound above had been drained for repairs. (20 April 1957)Hurleston Lock 3 (1957)
Hurleston Reservoir (1961)
The reservoir was completed in 1840 following the opeing of the Middlewich Branch in 1833. As a result of the agreement to supply water to the Mid & South East Cheshire Water Board, the reservoir was extended and officially opened on 18 September 1959.Hurleston Reservoir (1961)
Junction with Prees Branch (1971)
Junction cottage and Whixall Moss Roving Bridge (46). (21 February 1971)Junction with Prees Branch (1971)
Llangollen Canal. On Pollett's Bridge (6W). Shropshire Union weight limit sign. 05 March 1961
The notice does not specify what weight would be regarded as 'extraordinary'.Llangollen Canal. On Pollett's Bridge (6W). Shropshire Union weight limit sign. 05 March 1961
Looking west from Irish Bridge (27) (1959)
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct can be seen in the distance. About 1865 a 2ft 6in gauge tramroad was constructed from Penybont Brick & Tile Works to a wharf which was in the centre of this photograph. It was lifted some time between 1900 and 1910. (15 March 1959)Looking west from Irish Bridge (27) (1959)
Marbury Lock and Church Bridge (23) (1959)
(15 March 1959)Marbury Lock and Church Bridge (23) (1959)
Moel-y-Faen Tramway. Canal basin at Pentre Felin, and start of the tramway (1)
Map ref. SJ 2069 4361. Photo courtesy R. BryantMoel-y-Faen Tramway. Canal basin at Pentre Felin, and start of the tramway (1)
