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Description: Lock No. 10

Address: Stubbing Lower Lock No. 10 Rochdale Canal Between Todmorden & Hebble End Bridge

Grade: II

Group detail: Rochdale Canal

Full description:
Lock. 1798. W. Jessop and W. Crossley engineers. Large dressed stone retaining walls with rebates for gates. Fitted with the facility for a double-set of bottom gates. Stone stairs to northern end leads to lower water level. The locks were designed to take craft 74' x 14'2" x 4' draft from the Manchester end. The idea of a double set of bottom gates was to take the 57' vessels of the Calder and Hebble, thus saving approximately 50 tons of water. There is no evidence to suggest that the intended double gates were fitted. K. Parry, TransPennine Heritage, Hills, People and Transport, (London,- Pennine Heritage, Hills, People and Transport, (London,- 1981), p.64.