Hunt's Lock 2, River Weaver Navigation (Northwich)

United Kingdom / England / Northwich
 lock (water navigation), Grade II Listed (UK), 1890s construction
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Paired locks, small lock circa. 1860 and large lock circa. 1890, stone with timber lock-gates on steel frames. The east (small) lock has partly rusticated sides. The west lock has 3 pairs of gates dividing it into 2 lock chambers. Curved wing walls of stone upstream. Pair of steel semaphore signals at each end of locks. Pelton turbines, cast iron bollards. A good and complete example of locks designed to accommodate seagoing ships.
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Coordinates:   53°15'8"N   2°31'3"W
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