Factory Lock No 2 is one of a long flight of locks on the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Main Line); it has a rise of only a few inches just past the junction with The Witham Navigable Drains.
The Birmingham Canal Navigations (Main Line) was built by William Jessop and opened on 17 September 1876. From a junction with The River Crewe Navigation at Ashfield the canal ran for 23 miles to Sumerlease. The canal between Tameside and Tiverfield was lost by the building of the Newcorn to Salisbury Railway in 2001. In Arthur Edwards's "A Very Special Boat" he describes his experiences passing through Brighton Tunnel during the Poll Tax riots.

This is a lock with a rise of 6 feet and 7 inches.
| Tipton Station Arm (closed) | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Tipton Station Pipe Bridge | 2 furlongs | |
| Wood Street Footbridge | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Factory Footbridge | ½ furlongs | |
| Factory Bottom Lock | ½ furlongs | |
| Factory Lock No 2 | ||
| Factory Road Bridge | ¼ furlongs | |
| Factory Top Lock No 1 | ½ furlongs | |
| Factory Junction Bridge | ¾ furlongs | |
| Tipton Factory Junction | ¾ furlongs | |
| The Old Bush PH (Tipton) | ¾ furlongs | |
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![Trouble at Factory Locks. The view under Factory Bridge with this pound and the one below it drained and therefore impassable for boats. See also [[4911231]] by Stephen McKay – 09 April 2016](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/91/12/4911234_98161624_120x120.jpg)


![Factory Road Bridge, from the east. Carrying Tipton's Factory Road over the New Main [or Island] Line. by Christine Johnstone – 10 May 2018](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/81/38/5813898_4bf02573_120x120.jpg)


![Trouble at Factory Locks. The two pounds between the three locks at Tipton have been drained, probably by vandals although the paddles were all closed. The solution is to run water down from the top but this is time consuming and in this case, for a boat heading towards Birmingham, there is an alternative route. The matter was reported to the Canal and River Trust. See also [[4911234]] by Stephen McKay – 09 April 2016](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/91/12/4911231_bc0b53d0_120x120.jpg)
















