The flight is well maintained and surprisingly rural.

An interesting feature of these locks is that they fill from both ends. This means that there is no "pull", the boat just stays still in the lock.

Photograph taken by Steve Heaven on 26 September 2012 and was added to the database on Monday the 8th of October, 2012

Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licence, see the terms of use

This photo is one of 4 of Perry Barr First Flight Bottom Lock No 7 on the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Tame Valley Canal) [Previous | Next]