Cooper Bridge Lock No 1 is one of a group of locks on the Huddersfield Broad Canal and is one of the deepest locks on the waterway near to Oldworth Aqueduct.
The Huddersfield Broad Canal was built by Arthur Wright and opened on 17 September 1888. Expectations for pottery traffic to Southhampton never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only the use of the canal for cooling Leicester power station was enough to keep it open. In Nicholas Hunter's "Travels of The Barge" he describes his experiences passing through Oldham Cutting during a thunderstorm.

Mooring here is good (a nice place to moor), mooring pins are needed. Mooring between here and the railway bridge.
This is a lock with a rise of 6 feet.
| Cooper Bridge Junction | 1 furlong | |
| Leeds Road Bridge | ¼ furlongs | |
| River Calder Junction | ¼ furlongs | |
| Cooper Bridge No 1 | a few yards | |
| Cooper Bridge Lock No 1 | ||
| Cooper Bridge Railway Bridge No 2 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Colne Bridge Lock No 2 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Colne Bridge No 3 | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Colne Bridge First Pipe Bridge | 2½ furlongs | |
| Colne Bridge Second Pipe Bridge | 3½ furlongs | |
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![Cooper Bridge Lock. There are two locks with this name: this is lock #1 on the Huddersfield Broad Canal. For the other see [[7484302]] by Graham Hogg – 12 May 2023](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/48/43/7484300_3c4e6160_120x120.jpg)


























![Bradley - canal cottage at Lock 1. On Huddersfield Broad Canal. The chimney in the background has sprouted some mobile phone transmitter antennae since Dr Neil Clifton's 2001 photo at [[827827]]. by Dave Bevis – 05 October 2011](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/64/07/2640749_ae852a59_120x120.jpg)
