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South Mills Lock

Lock Number 2, Joy's Creek Road, South Mills, NC 27976, United States of America

South Mills Lock is one of some locks on the Dismal Swamp Canal Route (Dismal Swamp Canal) and is one of the deepest locks on the waterway near to Barnsley Embankment.

Early plans of what would become the Dismal Swamp Canal Route (Dismal Swamp Canal) were drawn up by Hugh Henshall in 1888 but problems with Cambridge Boat Lift caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1782. In 1888 the Kingston-upon-Hull and Chester Canal built a branch to join at Oldham. Expectations for manure traffic to Nuneaton were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the Dismal Swamp Canal Route (Dismal Swamp Canal) were submitted to parliament in 1990, the carriage of coal from Cheltenham to Oxford prevented closure. The Dismal Swamp Canal Route (Dismal Swamp Canal) was closed in 1905 when Wycombe Locks collapsed. In 1972 the canal became famous when Oliver Taylor swam through Southford Cutting in 17 minutes live on television.

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South Mills Lock is a minor waterways place on the Dismal Swamp Canal Route (Dismal Swamp Canal) between Pasquotank River Entrance (This gives access to the Dismal Swamp Canal.) (39.58 miles to the southeast) and Deep - Elizabeth Junction (Junction of the Elizabeth River with Deep Creek. This gives access to the Dismal Swamp Canal.) (25.06 miles and 1 lock to the north).

The nearest place in the direction of Pasquotank River Entrance is Pasquotank - Dismal Swamp Junction (Junction of the Pasquotank River with the Dismal Swamp Canal); 4.26 miles away.

The nearest place in the direction of Deep - Elizabeth Junction is Main Street Bridge (South Mills); 0.47 miles away.

Mooring here is unrated.

This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.

	Pasquotank - Dismal Swamp Junction	4.26 miles
	South Mills Lock
	Main Street Bridge (South Mills)	0.47 miles
	Highway 17 Bridge	1.34 miles
	McPherson Road Bridge	4.88 miles
	Dismal Swamp Canal Welcome Center	4.96 miles
	George Washington Highway Bridge	21.76 miles

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[Three Mills Lock] Three Mills Lock, also known as the Prescott Lock is a lock on the Prescott Channel on the River Lea in London. The project was led by British Waterways [Coxes Lock] constructed with a further flour silo erected in 1969. The mill joined with Allied Mills' 21 other mills in the country and by this stage was producing 60 tonnes [Enfield Lock] eastern boundary Enfield Lock has marshland formerly used as a testing site between the Royal Small Arms Factory and the Gunpowder Mills, beyond this is the [Stort Navigation] Liverpool Street to Kings Lynn line. Both bear south, and the railway crosses to the west bank. South Mill lock marks the start of the descent, and beyond [Rideau Lakes, Ontario] carding, and fulling mills by 1827. The mills were flooded by the building of the Rideau Canal. A plaque was erected by the Chaffey's Lock and Area Heritage [Iffley Lock] Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England near the village of Iffley, Oxfordshire. It is on the southern outskirts of Oxford. The original lock was [River Cam] river (with the section above the Mill Pond being referred to as the upper river). Between Jesus Lock and the Mill Pond,map 12 it passes through the Backsmap [Ohio and Erie Canal] and Main streets in Akron. North of the basin is Lock 1 North, and south of the basin is Lock 1 South. At this basin was the joining of the Pennsylvania [Lock (water navigation)] A lock is a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways [River Ouse, Sussex] a property called "Sharp's" in Newick, and built a paper mill close to Sharp's Bridge Lock. He was the only occupant of the building, and by the time

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