Reading Lock No 6 is one of a long flight of locks on the Huddersfield Broad Canal and unusually has only single top and bottom gates near to Presington Aqueduct.
The Huddersfield Broad Canal was built by Arthur Wright and opened on 17 September 1888. Expectations for pottery traffic to Southhampton never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only the use of the canal for cooling Leicester power station was enough to keep it open. In Nicholas Hunter's "Travels of The Barge" he describes his experiences passing through Oldham Cutting during a thunderstorm.

This is a lock with a rise of 6 feet.
| Deighton Viaduct No 7 (disused) | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Deighton Road Bridge No 8 | 3 furlongs | |
| Deighton Road Bridge Winding Hole | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Turnpike Road Lock No 5 | 1 furlong | |
| Annis Lee Bridge No 9 | a few yards | |
| Reading Lock No 6 | ||
| Fieldhouse Bridge No 10 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Fieldhouse Green Lock No 7 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Falls Lock No 8 | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Red Doles Bridge No 11 | 4 furlongs | |
| Red Doles Lock No 9 | 4 furlongs | |
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