a walk along the Caldon Canal Bedford Street Staircase Locks
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Bedford
Street Locks
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Bedford Street Staircase
Locks
view of both locks (no 1 at the
bottom) from Etruria Basin - 2012
on the top left is Bedford Industrial Estate (on the site of the former
Bedford Pottery Works)
view of both locks in 1981
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the route of the Caldon Canal
from Etruria to Froghall
Bedford Street Locks on the Caldon
Canal
Google Maps
Bedford Street Staircase Locks
on the Caldon
Canal
to the right is the location of the former Ridgway Bedford pottery works
Bing Maps
1832 map - in dark blue is the
Trent & Mersey Canal and in light blue the Caldon Canal
the staircase locks marked in red
to the left of the
locks the location of the Old Infirmary and the Gas Works can be seen
Foot bridge over the Caldon
Canal at the Bedford Street Locks - this is Bedford Street
on the right is Bedford Street Industrial Estate - in the distance is St.
Mark's Church, Shelton
taken from Lower Bedford Street
- to the right is the foot bridge - to the left are the staircase locks
lock 2 - taken from Bedford
Street bridge
lock 1 - taken from lock 2 -
looking towards Etruria basin
lock 1
the staircase lock on the
Caldon Canal at Etruria c. 1970
photo: Ken & Joan Davis
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