Ascending the lower staircase

The lower lock is, at normal river levels, much shallower than the top lock: it doesn't need the upper chamber to be completely full to have sufficent water to operate it: with a full upper lock emptying into it, an impressive amount of water can overflow the bottom gates into the river, perhaps into the front of the next waiting boat!

Photograph taken by PeterScott on 26 March 2005 and was added to the database on Tuesday the 21st of June, 2005

This photo is one of 5 of Basin Lower Staircase, Narrow Locks on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal (Stourport Basins: Narrow Route) [Previous | Next]