Category: Hulme Locks Branch (Brdgwtr Cnl)

Hulme Locks Junction

< Next Hulme Locks Branch JUMP TO > < River Irwell Jn River Irwell Jn > Hulme Locks Junction is where the Hulme Locks Branch (to the right of the photo) meets the main line of...

Hulme Locks Branch Top Lock Gates

< Next Hulme Locks Branch Next > < River Irwell Jn Hulme Locks Jn > The top gates of the top lock on the Hulme Locks branch have seen better days and it’s doubtful they could...

Hulme Locks Branch Top Lock

< Next Hulme Locks Branch Next > < River Irwell Jn Hulme Locks Jn > The top lock of the Hulme Locks Branch was crossed by a swing footbridge and the semi-circle shows where it swung....

Hulme Locks Branch

< Next Hulme Locks Branch Next > < River Irwell Jn Hulme Locks Jn > Looking from the top lock into the basin between the locks where boats turned through a right angle to pass through...

Hulme Locks Branch Bottom Lock

< Next Hulme Locks Branch Next > < River Irwell Jn Hulme Locks Jn > Looking at the bottom lock of the Hulme Locks Branch across the basin between the two locks, with the upper lock...

Hulme Locks Branch Bottom Lock Gates

< Next Hulme Locks Branch Next > < River Irwell Jn Hulme Locks Jn > The top gates of the bottom lock of the Hume Locks Branch are all that’s holding back all the water in...

Hulme Locks Branch Bottom Gates

< Next Hulme Locks Branch Next > < River Irwell Jn Hulme Locks Jn > Viewed from below, the bottom gates of the bottom lock on the Hulme Locks Branch have drifted open and all sorts...

Junction with River Irwell

< JUMP TO Hulme Locks Branch Next > < Hulme Locks Jn Hulme Locks Jn > The lower end of the former Hulme Locks Branch of the Bridgewater Canal emerges from the leftmost visible arch of...

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Hulme Locks Branch

The Hulme Locks Branch of the Bridgewater Canal was opened in 1838 to provide a link from the main line of the Bridgewater Canal to the River Irwell, then the Mersey and Irwell Navigation....