Description

BOSLEY C.P. MACCLESFIELD CANAL
SJ 96 NW

1/18 Bosley Lock Number 5
and Lock Pound

GV II

Canal lock, 1831, William Crosley engineer. Rusticated red gritstone
walls to lock, ashlar to spillway. 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 tubular steel rail. Upper replaced pair of
lock gates of mild steel, lower of timber. Curved wing walls to canal
above lock, straight walls below to Bridge number 55, q.v.
Stone-walled rectangular pound west of lock. (Note: Lock number 6 is
in North Rode C.P.).

Listing NGR: SJ9041866321

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q59363913

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)