LAST - existing staircase lock in North Staffordshire - Bedford Street Double Lock, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.UK
N 53° 01.093 W 002° 11.618
30U E 554092 N 5874601
Bedford Street Locks - also known as Etruria Staircase Locks are located on the Caldon Canal near Bedford Street and Etruria Junction.
Waymark Code: WMWC6J
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/12/2017
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Staircase Lock on the Caldon Canal.
Locks 1 and 2 are officially known as the Bedford Street Double lock and is the last existing staircase lock in North Staffordshire. (
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The locks cope with a steep ascent by making two chambers share interconnecting gates. The water level is raised by over 19ft (5.8m).
The Caldon Branch of the Trent & Mersey Canal, opened in 1779. It runs 18 miles from Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent to Froghall in Staffordshire.
The canal commences at Etruria, immediately adjacent to the top lock of the Stoke flight on the Trent & Mersey Canal, and was used to ship coal and limestone from Froghall to North Staffordshire and Cheshire.