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Iron & steel works once dominated this area. The site has been taken over by a number of businesses - including a waste disposal company which sorts rubbish out behind the nets on the right.
©David Long
Lock 71 of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal near Kirkless Hall, looking south-west, with the church at Scholes prominent in the distance. There are 23 locks on the canal as it passes through Wigan.
©Martin Clark
Bottom gates, lock 68. The excavator behind is operating in a rubbish-sorting depot - on the site of the former massive Wigan Iron Works.
©David Long
The pub looks as if it has been recently repainted, and had new windows fitted.
©David Long
Dist:0.1km north<br/>Bottom gates of lock 67.
©David Long
Dist:0.1km north<br/>Lock 67, top gates. In the background Cale Lane Bridge with The Commercial Inn beside it.
©David Long
Dist:0.1km north<br/>There are only two pubs actually on the Flight nowadays. They are both near the top of the locks. Too soon for those coming down, and too late for those coming up. Here the Commercial Inn is seen from Lock 19.
©David Long
Dist:0.1km north<br/>It was too wet to claim the excuse of being parched for turning into the Kirkless Arms pub beside the lock, out of sight behind the trees.
©David Long
Dist:0.1km north<br/>Lock 73 is dominated by the slag heap of the former iron and steel works. Tubs were pushed along tracks atop the tip and their contents tumbled down the slope - often retaining the circular shape of the tub - an example being on the right-hand slope.
©David Long
Dist:0.2km north<br/>Lock 69 from the side of Kirkless Hall Bridge. The locks are closed to navigation throughout most of the winter, during which one or other of the 21 locks is usually receiving attention - new gates, for instance. British Waterways staff keep an eye on things in the meantime.
©David Long
Dist:0.2km north<br/>
©David Long
Dist:0.2km north<br/>Kirkless Hall Bridge. The Waterway's worker's pick-up sits on the towpath while he inspects higher up.
©David Long
Dist:0.2km north<br/>Kirkless Hall.
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Dist:0.3km north<br/>Lock 66.
©David Long
Dist:0.3km north<br/>
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