Photos of Wigan
Photos of Wigan
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Wigan Album
Leeds and Liverpool Canal
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Old Lock
Photo: Mick
Photo: Mick
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Item #: 7083
Item #: 7083
Lock stonework from the old Douglas Navigation, Gathurst. Taken 1989.
Comment by: detritus21 on 14th August 2009 at 12:57
The stonework you are looking at is a later addition to form a wharf. Originally a lock would have been found where the stonework is to allow onward passage along the Douglas Navigation. Upon closure of the Navigation the lock between the canal and the river was kept in operation and the previous lock basin turned into a wharf hence the blockwork.
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