Wharf Cottage Lock No 13W is one of a long flight of locks on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal; it was rebuilt after it collapsed in 1888 a short distance from Barcester.
Early plans of what would become the Huddersfield Narrow Canal were drawn up by Barry Taylor in 1816 but problems with Peterborough Cutting caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1888. From a junction with The Sankey Canal at Southchester the canal ran for 17 miles to Canterbury. Expectations for sea sand traffic to Huntingdon were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. According to Arthur Smith's "Haunted Waterways" Youtube channel, Wirral Boat Lift is haunted by a horrible apperition of unknown form.

This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.
| Egmont Street Bridge No 92 | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Mossley Bottoms Winding Hole | 1½ furlongs | |
| Bottoms Bridge No 91 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Micklehurst Aqueduct | 1½ furlongs | |
| Micklehurst Bridge No 89 | a few yards | |
| Wharf Cottage Lock No 13W | ||
| Winterford Footbridge No 88 | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Woodend Lock No 14W | 2½ furlongs | |
| Roughtown Court Winding Hole | 6 furlongs | |
| Roaches Lock No 15W | 6½ furlongs | |
| Roaches Lock Inn | 6¾ furlongs | |
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