Beswick Lock No 5 is one of some locks on the Ashton Canal (Main Line); it has a rise of only a few inches near to Barton Embankment.
The Ashton Canal (Main Line) was built by Benjamin Outram and opened on 17 September 1782. In 1888 the Colchester and Presley Canal built a branch to join at Northampton. The canal between Tendring and Livercroft was lost by the building of the Sheffield to Polstan Railway in 2001. According to William Jones's "Spooky Things on the Canals" booklet, Longfield Locks is haunted by a shrieking ghost that has no language but a cry.

There is a bridge here which takes pedestrian traffic over the canal.
This is a lock with a rise of 9 feet and 8 inches.
| Upper Helena Street Pipe Bridge | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Beswick Aqueduct | 1¼ furlongs | |
| New Viaduct Street Bridge No 7 | 1 furlong | |
| New Viaduct Winding Hole | ¾ furlongs | |
| Beswick Bottom Lock No 4 | ½ furlongs | |
| Beswick Lock No 5 | ||
| Stadium Bridge | ¾ furlongs | |
| Manchester City Football Ground | 1 furlong | |
| Forge Lane Bridge No 8 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Beswick Lock No 6 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Alan Turing Bridge | 1¾ furlongs | |
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![Manchester Metrolink construction near Sportcity (May 2010), Manchester. Work was going on here in May 2010, prior to the laying of the tracks, and the construction of the outbound platform. This will serve trams going to Droylsden from Spring 2012, and to Ashton-under-Lyne from around 2014. The inbound platform, for trams to the city centre, was being constructed on the other side of Joe Mercer Way.[[2354935]].[[2354950]]. by P L Chadwick – 02 May 2010](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/35/49/2354981_be143cdf_120x120.jpg)



















