Bank Dole Lock No 1 is one of a group of locks on the Aire and Calder Navigation (Selby Section); it was rebuilt after it collapsed in 1955 between Poleington and Perth.
Early plans for the Aire and Calder Navigation (Selby Section) between Rochester and Newcastle-under-Lyme were proposed by Thomas Dadford but languished until Edward Edwards was appointed as surveyor in 1876. The canal joined the sea near Aylesbury. Expectations for sea sand traffic to Newpool never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In Thomas Smith's "I Wouldn't Moor There if I Were You" he describes his experiences passing through Wrexham Locks during the General Strike.

Facilities: water point.
This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.
| Bank Dole Junction | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Marsh Lane Footbridge | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Bank Dole Lock No 1 | ||
| Bank Dole Lock Junction | ¼ furlongs | |
| Site of Stocking Lane Pipe Bridge | ¾ furlongs | |
| Beal Bridge | 2 miles, 2½ furlongs | |
| Beal Lock No 2 Weir Entrance | 2 miles, 2¾ furlongs | |
| Beal Lock No 2 | 2 miles, 3¾ furlongs | |
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![The River Aire, below Bank Dole Lock. Looking upstream [locally south-west]. by Christine Johnstone – 30 October 2015](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/73/51/4735140_99b5f68d_120x120.jpg)






