Clayton Lock No 14
Clayton Lock No 14 is one of a long flight of locks on the Ashton Canal (Main Line); it has a rise of only a few inches near to Manchester.
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, the rise of which is not known.
| Clayton Junction | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Clayton Lock No 11 | 3 furlongs | |
| Clayton Lock No 12 | 2¼ furlongs | |
| The Strawberry Duck PH | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Clayton Lock No 13 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Clayton Lock No 14 | ||
| Clayton Lock No 15 | ½ furlongs | |
| Edge Lane Bridge No 13 | 1 furlong | |
| Clayton Top Lock No 16 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Droylsden Footbridge | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Droylsden Swing Bridge No 14 | 2¾ furlongs | |
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![Manchester Metrolink construction in Manchester Road (A662). This is preparatory work for the laying of track. The Manchester Metrolink tramway extension to Droylsden will run along here and open in Spring 2012. Later it will be extended to Ashton-under-Lyne.The tramway will be the third generation of electric street transport to run along here. Manchester's first generation tramway system ran here from the early 20th century until 1938. The road was used by electric trolleybuses from 1938 until December 1966.[[1863007]]. by P L Chadwick – 02 May 2010](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/86/24/1862452_5fc11163_120x120.jpg)


![Halfway House, 435 Manchester Road. This large pub was at one time known as Half-Way House Hotel. There is a date at the top of the building of 1912, but elsewhere it has been claimed that the pub dates from 1830. Maybe there was a major rebuilding in 1912.[[1862504]].[[1862539]].[[1862733]].[[1862763]]. by P L Chadwick – 02 May 2010](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/86/24/1862486_204e0302_120x120.jpg)
![Halfway House (detail), 435 Manchester Road. The date of AD 1912 appears on the building. This may be the date of rebuilding, as another source claims the pub dates from 1830.[[1862486]].[[1862504]].[[1862539]].[[1862733]]. by P L Chadwick – 02 May 2010](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/86/27/1862763_52d76c90_120x120.jpg)
![Halfway House (detail), 435 Manchester Road. At the top of the building is what appears to be the pub's former name of Half-Way House Hotel.[[1862486]].[[1862504]].[[1862539]]. by P L Chadwick – 02 May 2010](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/86/27/1862733_dc8c2176_120x120.jpg)
![Halfway House pub sign, 435 Manchester Road. The name apparently originates from the pub's location approximately halfway between Manchester and Ashton-under-Lyne. The sign shows a horse-drawn coach outside a building which doesn't look remotely like the present one. Maybe this was the original pub? It's interesting to reflect on the changes in public transport running along this road over the past 200 years - horse-drawn coaches, double-deck trams, electric trolleybuses, motor buses and from early 2012 modern single-deck articulated trams. [[1862486]].[[1862539]]. by P L Chadwick – 02 May 2010](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/86/25/1862504_43597abb_120x120.jpg)


