Audlem Lock No 18
Address is taken from a point 349 yards away.
Audlem Lock No 18 is one of a group of locks on the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) and unusually is chained shut overnight near to Presworth.
Early plans for the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) between Oldcorn and St Helens were proposed by John Green but languished until Thomas Jones was appointed as engineer in 1782. The canal joined the sea near Cambridge. Expectations for manure traffic to Wokingham were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal - Main Line) was closed in 1905 when Ambersford Aqueduct collapsed. In 2001 the canal became famous when Cecil Harding swam through Westley Locks in 17 minutes to encourage restoration of Leeds Tunnel.

This is a lock with a rise of 6f2.
| Audlem (Coxbank) Visitor Moorings | 2½ furlongs | |
| Audlem Lock No 15 | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Bagley Lane Bridge No 76 | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Audlem Lock No 16 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Audlem Lock No 17 | ½ furlongs | |
| Audlem Lock No 18 | ||
| Snows Bridge No 77 | ½ furlongs | |
| Audlem Lock No 19 | ¾ furlongs | |
| Audlem Lock No 20 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Audlem Lock No 21 | 2 furlongs | |
| Audlem Lock No 22 | 2½ furlongs | |
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![Audlem Locks No 4, Shropshire Union Canal, Cheshire. The concrete storage structure for stop-planks and the little building on the non towpath side of the lock are extra features ([[[580013]]]). There is another such building by Lock No 15 ([[[579199]]]) . Was it for storage, or just a Victorian lock keeper's spare loo? by Roger D Kidd – 31 August 2007](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/photos/58/00/580005_fc0d9f3f_120x120.jpg)




















