Description

HALIFAX
SE 02 SE CALDER AND HEBBLE NAVIGATION
679-/7/10061
Salterhebble Middle Lock at
SE09492239

GV II

Lock c1779. Chamber and wing walls built of large ashlar blocks. Double timber gates and timber balance beams at each end. One top gate fitted with handspike-operated paddle gear the other with manually operated hydraulic paddle gear, associated pair of handspike-operated ground paddles. Tail gates fitted with manually operated rack and pinion paddle gear. Three stone set quadrants beneath balance beams.
Forms part of a flight of three locks which replaced an earlier staircase built in 1767. A rare surviving example of the unique Calder and Hebble handspike-operated locks. Has group value with adjacent lock, cottage and bridge(q .v.).

Listing NGR: SE0949022390

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26539566

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