ONLY - working lock on the Uttoxeter Canal - Froghall Wharf, Staffordshire. - Superlatives on Waymarking.com

Lock No.1 of the Uttoxeter canal is located at Froghall Wharf. (visit link)

The Uttoxeter branch of the canal is derelict, but the first lock and basin at Froghall have been restored by the Caldon and Uttoxeter Canals Trust and re-opened on 23rd July 2005. Pictures of the opening can be seen at the following link. (visit link)

A bequest by Christine Vernon was made to the Inland Waterways Association which provided money for mooring pontoons and new stone to restore the first lock and basin of the Uttoxeter Canal. (visit link)

The Uttoxeter Canal was a thirteen-mile extension of the Caldon Canal running from Froghall as far as Uttoxeter in Staffordshire, England. It was authorised in 1797, but did not open until 1811. With the exception of the first lock and basin at Froghall, it closed in 1849, in order that the Churnet Valley Railway could be constructed along its length. (visit link)

Type of documentation of superlative status: Caldon and Uttoxeter Canals Trust website. Location of coordinates: Tow path near to the lock at Froghall Wharf. Web Site: [Web Link]

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