Lock keeper’s cottages

[Martyn]

First pic is looking down from Deykin Avenue to Lock 13, the other is a boat leaving Lock 12 in front of cottage 79.

 

[Brenda 49]

First pic is looking down from Deykin Avenue to Lock 13, the other is a boat leaving Lock 12 in front of cottage 79. View attachment 207841View attachment 207843

Lovely clear photos! The top one shows where the two cottages and the canal pump house would have been and the bottom one shows BCN Canal Cottage 79 which I believe is for sale at the moment. It's a lovely property in a difficult situation. It even has a good dry cellar.

 

[Brenda 49]

Here are two views from the 1960s of cottages 76 and 77 on the Tame Valley Canal by the bottom lock , close to Deykin Avenue. A 1950s map shows them in red,

Map corrected

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77 & 78 - 76 was around the corner at Salford Junction along with 75, 74 & 73. They are still there now.

 

[Martyn]

A pic from 1921 showing the cottages' locations next to the once mighty GEC

 

[Brenda 49]

Sorry for the error. I will replace the map with the correct one. The map is from the National Museum of Scotland website. the link to it is https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17.8&lat=52.51454&lon=-1.87175&layers=173&b=ESRIWorld&o=100. , but you can move to areas around with the cursor

Map is now corrected and comment tthat they are still there removed

Thank you for the link to the map. I have now found the exact position of cottages that I hadn't found before! Cottages numbers 80 & 81 were not close to a road. They were at the side of the Tame Valley Canal between 79 & 82.

 

[Pedrocut]

Behind cottage 79 in the 1921 picture would become Witton Allotments. In the top right hand corner looks like what we called the Sand pits.