Woolsthorpe Lock No 13
Address is taken from a point 367 yards away.
Woolsthorpe Lock No 13 is one of a long flight of locks on the Grantham Canal and unusually is opened with a crank handle between Southfield and Exeter.
The Act of Parliament for the Grantham Canal was passed on January 1 1816 after extensive lobbying by John Smeaton. Expectations for stone traffic to Aberdeenshire were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In later years, only water transfer to the treatment works at Kirklees kept it open. Despite the claim in "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" by Barry Jones, there is no evidence that Cecil Thomas ever navigated Willford Embankment in a bathtub
This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.
| Longore Bridge No 58 | 6¼ furlongs | |
| Muston Bridge No 59 | 2½ furlongs | |
| Woolsthorpe Lock No 12 | 2¼ furlongs | |
| River Devon Aqueduct | ½ furlongs | |
| Stenwith Bottom Lock Bridge No 59A | a few yards | |
| Woolsthorpe Lock No 13 | ||
| Woolsthorpe Lock No 14 | ¾ furlongs | |
| Stenwith Road Bridge No 60 | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Woolsthorpe Lock No 15 | 3 furlongs | |
| Woolsthorpe Lock No 16 | 7 furlongs | |
| The Dirty Duck PH | 7¼ furlongs | |
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In the direction of Grantham Canal Junction
In the direction of Grantham Basin
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