Milepost 9 ~ Stenson Lock

Link to picture of milepost This milepost is placed on the upstream side of Stenson Lock, the last of the wide locks at this end of the canal. This lock is also one of the deepest at 12ft 4inches.This is an important milepost because the dedication plate reveals it to be the first milepost that was replaced by the Trent & Mersey Canal Society.
Link to view to marina The entrance to Stenson marina is just upstream, home to the Midland Canal Centre.
Link to picture of Senson lock The lock house stands overlooking the lock. Behind the lock-house is the Bubble Inn pub.
The dedication plate isn't cast like all the other dedication plates (which were cast by Butler Jones, Bognor Regis). The wording on the plate is:

Link to dedication plate
This is the first new
Trent & Mersey Canal Milepost
replaced by the
TRENT & MERSEY CANAL SOCIETY
donated by
Mr & Mrs Lawrence Sanders of Clayton Line Ltd
& unveiled by
SIR FRANK PRICE DL., FSVA., FCIT.,
Chairman of the British Waterways Board
on Thursday 20th September 1979

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