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Description: Lock No. 2 at west end of Old Causeway

Address: Old Causeway Lock No. 2 Rochdale Canal Between Hebden Bridge & Sowerby Bridge West Yorkshire

Grade: II

Group detail: Rochdale Canal, Sowerby Bridge

Full description:
Canal lock. c1798. For the Rochdale Canal Company. Large blocks of coursed squared stone, the quoins and upper course with drafted margins. Some wood lining of the base visible at resurvey. Upper (north-west) end has shelf, recess on either side for lock gates (removed), and iron buffers attached to the top of the round cornered entrance walls. In each lock gate recess is a culvert entrance. At lower end of lock are the recesses for lock gates (removed) and, slightly higher up, another set of recesses for a second pair of gates. For information on canal construction and the double-gate lock system see under Lock No. 1.