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Latitude: 53.4807 / 53°28'50"N
Longitude: -2.2215 / 2°13'17"W
OS Eastings: 385396
OS Northings: 398238
OS Grid: SJ853982
Mapcode National: GBR DPH.N8
Mapcode Global: WHB9G.VSB0
Plus Code: 9C5VFQJH+79
Entry Name: Ashton Canal Lock Number 2 off South End of Vesta Street
Listing Date: 6 June 1994
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1207654
English Heritage Legacy ID: 387892
ID on this website: 101207654
Location: Ancoats, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M4
County: Manchester
Electoral Ward/Division: Bradford
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Manchester
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester
Church of England Parish: Manchester The Good Shepherd
Church of England Diocese: Manchester
Tagged with: Lock
MANCHESTER
SJ8598 ASHTON CANAL, Beswick And Clayton
698-1/17/509 Lock No.2, off south end of Vesta
Street
GV II
Canal lock. c.1792-1799, for Manchester and Ashton-under-Lyne
Canal Company; renovated. Large blocks of millstone grit,
wooden gates. Narrow type (chamber 7 feet wide), with covered
overflow channel on south side; stone staircases flanking
lower entry at west end. Second in a series of 13 similar
locks, all in working order. Forms group with former
lock-keeper's cottage (q.v.) and bridge over Islington Branch
(q.v.).
Listing NGR: SJ8539698237
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