Trentham Lock on the Trent & Mersey Canal, Trentham

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Date:August 1964

Description:The photograph shows the lockkeeper's cottage alongside Trentham Lock (lock 35) on the Trent & Mersey Canal. The lock is close to the southern edge of the city, almost opposite Wedgwood's Barlaston works. The lock is particularly deep (almost 12 feet), only 7 feet wide ( a narrow canal) and one of the seventy locks on the 94 miles of the canal.

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Trentham Lock on the Trent & Mersey Canal, Trentham

The photograph shows the lockkeeper's cottage alongside Trentham Lock (lock 35) on the Trent & Mersey ...

Trentham Lock on the Trent & Mersey Canal, Trentham

Trentham Lock (lock 35) is between Jonathan Road and Wedgwood Drive, and lies very close to the southern ...

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Creators: Mr Bert Bentley - Creator

Image courtesy of: Stoke on Trent City Archives.

Donor ref:SD1480/159-24 (204/38226)

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