Rochdale Canal Lock Number 53

Description

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

SD 81 SE ROCHDALE ROCHDALE CANAL SD 88301015

6/95 Lock No. 53 (west of Short Street)

G.V. II

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

Dressed stone. Lock mouth has cast iron lipping, upper gates have been fully overhauled but lower gates are no longer in existance (only the recesses remain). Below the lower gate recesses the masonry appears to be of a later date and heavy verge stones sweep down to the lower level. The winding gear does not exist.

Listing NGR: SD8829110133

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