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Fourteen Locks, Monmouthshire Canal

A Scheduled Monument in Rogerstone (Tŷ-du), Newport (Casnewydd)

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5912 / 51°35'28"N

Longitude: -3.0369 / 3°2'13"W

OS Eastings: 328261

OS Northings: 188547

OS Grid: ST282885

Mapcode National: GBR J4.BSYJ

Mapcode Global: VH7BC.98VJ

Entry Name: Fourteen Locks, Monmouthshire Canal

Scheduled Date:

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 2409

Cadw Legacy ID: MM184

Schedule Class: Transport

Category: Lock

Period: Post Medieval/Modern

County: Newport (Casnewydd)

Community: Rogerstone (Tŷ-du)

Built-Up Area: Newport

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

Description

The monument consists of a series of fourteen locks, dating to the 18th century. A lock is a section of a water channel on a canal or river shut off above and below by lock gates provided with sluices to let the water out and in, and thus raise or lower boats from one level to another. The canal, constructed between 1792 and 1798, was connected by tramroad with Blaenavon ironworks and served to bring its products to the docks at Newport. The staircase" of locks is on the Crumlin branch of the Monmouthshire and Brecon canal

Source: Cadw

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