Caldon Canal - Lock 13 - Cheddleton Top Lock - Cheddleton, UK - Waterway Locks, Planes and Lifts on Waymarking.com

This is the thirteenth lock on the Caldon canal. Like all locks on this canal it is a single width lock (approx 7' 6"). It is the top lock of two locks called the Cheddleton locks with a total rise of 16’ 1.5”.

The Caldon canal is properly known as the Caldon branch of the Trent & Mersey canal, opened in 1779.

The canal runs from the junction with the Trent & Mersey canal at Etruria to its terminus at Froghall which is 17 miles in total. At Hazlehurst the Leek branch runs for 2 1/2 miles to its terminus at Leek.

The Uttoxeter branch used to leave the canal at Froghall but is now disused apart from the basin and first lock at the junction.

Waterway Name: Caldon canal Connected Points: Links from the Trent & Mersey canal at Etruria to its terminus at Froghall. Type: Lock Date Opened: 01/01/1779 Elevation Difference (meters): 2.00 Site Status: Operational Web Site: [Web Link] Date Closed (if applicable): Not listed

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