Description

LEEDS

SE2933SE CANAL WHARF
714-1/77/87 (North side (off))
07/12/92 River Lock and retaining walls to
River Aire

GV II*

Lock and retaining walls. 1770-1776. For the Leeds and
Liverpool Canal Company. Wooden gates with cast-iron fittings;
coursed squared massive gritstone blocks to walls. 2 pairs of
gates, the top pair fitted with probably original paddles
('jack' cloughs). The walling extends beyond the lower gates
and under a footbridge with stone steps and replaced handrails
to form the retaining walls on the River Aire, approximate
length 15m.
This was Lock No.1 on the canal and is one of only 5 sets of
locks to retain original 'jack' cloughs at the Yorkshire end
of the canal.
HISTORICAL NOTE: at the opening of the 33-mile stretch of the
canal from Leeds to Holmbridge, near Gargrave, in 1777 an
opening ceremony was held here before a crowd of 20,000-30,000
people and a procession of boats passed through the lock.
(Burt S & Grady K: The Merchants' Golden Age, Leeds 1700-1790:
1987-: 16).

Listing NGR: SE2984633044

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q68592380

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