Rochdale Canal Lock Number 49 (Moss Upper Lock)

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

SD 91 SW ROCHDALE ROCHDALE CANAL SD 90601243

7/92 Lock No. 49 (Moss Upper Lock) (East of Oldham Road) G.V. II

Lock. Between 1794 and 1804. William Jessop, engineer.

Dressed stone. Lock was designed to accommodate two sets of lower gates (ie for two lengths of a boat); the recesses remain but only the lower gates were ever fitted. The mouth of the lock is grooved for stop planks and winding gear remains on one side. The head of the retainin walls has a rounded arris and the stonework between the lower two gates has finely worked margins. The gates are completely overhauled.

Listing NGR: SD9054712421

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1091 Ioe Records Taken By Pamela Jackson; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Ms Pamela Jackson. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project