Grand Union Canal - Main Line – Lock 24 - Cape Bottom Lock - Cape, Warwick, UK - Waterway Locks, Planes and Lifts on Waymarking.com

This is lock 24 on the Main Line of the Grand Union Canal and is known as Cape Bottom lock.

The Grand Union Canal Main Line runs for 137 miles through 166 locks from Brentford on the River Thames to Salford Junction in the north east of Birmingham. All the locks are double width locks except the final 11 locks in Birmingham. The first double width locks heading south from Birmingham are those on the Knowle flight.

As mentioned above, the double width locks were originally single width locks and they were replaced in 1929/30 by the double width locks to make traffic flow faster once the Grand Union Canal was formed. Evidence of the old single width locks can be seen at most locks even today. Indeed some are used for boat moorings, paint shops, service pods etc.

The Grand Union Canal was formed in 1929 from many separate canal systems. The Main Line itself was formed from the following four canals:

- Birmingham & Warwick Junction Canal (Salford to Bordesley)
- Warwick & Birmingham Canal (Bordesely to Warwick)
- Warwick & Napton Canal (Warwick to Napton)
- Grand Junction Canal (Brentford to Braunston)

There is a five mile section from Braunston to Napton which is actually the Oxford canal. This section was never bought by the Grand Union Canal Company.


Today the Grand Union Canal consists of:

- Grand Union Main Line
- Grand Union Leicester Section
- River Soar
- Erewash Canal
- Northampton Arm
- Aylesbury Arm
- Wendover Arm
- Slough Arm
- Paddington Arm

Waterway Name: Grand Union Main Line Connected Points: The Grand Union Main Line links the River Thames in the south to the Tame Valley and Birmingham & Fazeley Canal at the northern end. As well as many arms and branches it links to the North Oxford Canal at Braunston and the South Oxford Canal at Napton. It also has a junction with the Digbeth Branch of the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal. Type: Lock Date Opened: 01/01/1929 Elevation Difference (meters): 2.00 Site Status: Operational Web Site: [Web Link] Date Closed (if applicable): Not listed

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