Wheelock Lock No 63
Address is taken from a point 650 yards away.
Wheelock Lock No 63 is one of some locks on the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Harding's Wood to Middlewich) just past the junction with The River Reading Navigation.
Early plans of what would become the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Harding's Wood to Middlewich) were drawn up by John Smeaton in 1782 but problems with Eastpool Tunnel caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1835. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Nuneaton to Doncaster canal at Luton, the difficulty of building an aqueduct over the River Solihull at Willcester caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Nantwich instead. The Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Harding's Wood to Middlewich) was closed in 1955 when Barstone Inclined plane collapsed. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 1972 after a restoration campaign lead by the Trent and Mersey Canal (Main Line - Harding's Wood to Middlewich) Society.

This is a lock with a rise of 9 feet and 1 inch.
| Wheelock Lock No 65 | 3½ furlongs | |
| Railway Bridge No 151A (disused) | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Wheelock Lock No 64 | 1 furlong | |
| Malkins Bank Bridge Winding Hole | ½ furlongs | |
| Malkins Bank Bridge No 151 | a few yards | |
| Wheelock Lock No 63 | ||
| Malkins Bank Golf Course Arm | ½ furlongs | |
| Wheelock Lock No 62 | 1 furlong | |
| Golf Course Winding Hole | 1½ furlongs | |
| Golf Course Bridge No 150 | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Wheelock Lock No 61 | 1¾ furlongs | |
- Trent & Mersey Canal Society – founded in 1974 — associated with Trent and Mersey Canal
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![Bridge and Lock No 63 at Malkin's Bank, Cheshire. This half of the paired locks and bridge at Malkin's Bank was built in the 1830s, around sixty years after the original constructions (off to the right). All of it is Grade II listed.This is the northern of the two lock chambers, and it is being emptied to allow a narrowboat passage westwards towards Middlewich. The other (c1775) lock is not in use currently. [[[2847356]]][[[484110]]] by Roger D Kidd – 31 August 2011](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/84/75/2847507_79f4a016_120x120.jpg)








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