Description

SK 43 SE PARISH OF SHARDLOW AND GREAT WILNE WILNE LANE
2/218 (East Side)
Derwent Mouth Lock
II
Lock chamber, gates and leat. 1770, by engineer James Brindley,
with minor later repairs. Red brick chamber with stone copings,
and metal and wooden gates. Chamber is approximately 12 feet
deep and has small metal bollards along either side and C20
steps to south side. Both gates have wooden frames with metal
plates attached, metal balance beams weighted with concrete and
iron handrails to top, plus C20 concrete semi-circles with brick
steps to either side. Eastern gates have barrel gearing for the
paddles and western gates have rack and pinion mechanisms.
There are another pair of rack and pinion mechanisms beyond to
west and to north side there is a wide stone leat. Built as
part of the Trent and Mersey Canal.

Listing NGR: SK4552230652

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26380734

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Recommended Books

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)