Description

BOSLEY C.P. MACCLESFIELD CANAL
SJ 96 NW

1/13 Bosley Lock Number 1 and
Spillway

GV II

Canal lock, 1831, William Crosley engineer. Rusticated red gritstone
walls to lock, ashlar to spillway; brick patching to lock sides.
Semi-circular upper end to lock basin. Stepped quadrant retaining
wall to bank west of lock: flight of stone steps to east. Cambered
footbridge of cast iron across lock entrance, with later plain steel
tubular rail. Two pairs of timber lock gates. Curved wing walls
above lock; straight walls below to Bridge 54 (q.v.). Stone-walled
spillway west of lock.

Listing NGR: SJ9052566992

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q59363352

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