Grey sky portrait, from Castle Street looking east, Rochdale Canal at Lock 92, Castlefield Junction, Manchester, Lancashire, UK

---

The 1805 Trans-Pennine Rochdale Canal joins the Castlefield Canal Basin, from the north-east at Castle Street Bridge. The Bridgewater Canal joins the basin from the south. The Rochdale Canal links up with the Calder and Hebble Navigation at the Sowerby Bridge Canal Basin, near Halifax. A nearby information board says the last lock on the Rochdale Canal (seen here), labelled Lock 92, was the first to be built. The chief sponsor was a Yorkshireman, who didn't want his canal to start in Lancashire, hence he reversed the numbering of the locks.

---

Size: 3137px × 4706px
Location: Bridge over Rochdale Canal at Lock 92, looking east, Castle Street, Castlefield Junction, Manchester
Photo credit: © robert harrison / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 19th, 92, apartment, apartments, basin, blocks, brick, bricks, buildings, canal, castle, castlefield, century, clouds, gates, grey, junction, lancashire, lock, manchester, portrait, red, rochdale, sky, street, transport, uk, urban, warehouses, water, waterway, wharf, wooden