Description

HALIFAX
SE 02 SE CALDER AND HEBBLE NAVIGATION
679-/7/10060
Salterhebble Top Lock at
SE09522243

GV II

Lock c1779. Chamber and wing walls of large ashlar blocks with stone copings on side nearest cottage and concrete on opposite side. Double timber gates with timber balance beams at each end. Top gates fitted with handspike-operated paddle gear, with associated pair of handspike-operated ground paddles. Tail gates fitted with manually operated rack and pinion paddle gear. Forms part of a flight of locks which replaced an earlier staircase built in 1767. A rare surviving example of Calder and Hebble handspike-operated locks. Has group value with adjacent lock, cottage and road bridge (q.v).

Listing NGR: SE0952122450

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26539565

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Recommended Books

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version