Four Canal Lock Traditional Cache
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This cache has moved from original position due to canal maintenance
Although the canal had been in partial use since 1774 and was completed through to Leeds in 1816, a series of disputes prevented a direct link to the docks being formed until 1848.
When agreement was finally reached, it was stipulated that the four locks should be designed by Jesse Hartley, and the result is the only all-granite canal locks in the country.
The branch descends 44 feet through 4 locks to Liverpool docks.
The handsome brick viaduct, which crosses the locks, carried the Liverpool and Bury Railway (now serving as part of the Merseyrail system) and was constructed at the same time as the locks.
Looking down the locks from the top lock. To the left, ahead, is the huge Tobacco Warehouse alongside Stanley Dock. Straight ahead can be seen the hexagonal clock tower that stands between the docks and the Mersey.
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