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Keywords: Oxford Canal at Hillmorton.jpg en wikipedia 2009 April 17 The Oxford Canal at Hillmorton on the eastern edge of Rugby in Warwickshire At the far left of the picture can be seen the lowest of the three pairs of locks at Hillmorton The house beside the locks now a private residence was once the toll office and toll-keeper's home The small bridge beside the house carries a footpath over a short arm of the canal; the towpath however is on the left of the picture The canal arm leads to a waterway repair yard and a pair of dry-docks The white building in the right foreground was originally the repair crew's office but is now a shop and bistro The locks at Hillmorton were originally single but were doubled in 1840 to cater for increased traffic At one time this stretch of the Oxford Canal between Braunston and Coventry was one of the busiest in England At its height more than 20 000 working boats a year would pass through these locks mostly carrying coal from the Warwickshire and Leicestershire coalfields to London via the Grand Union Canal Photo by G-Man Dec 2004 December 2004 2005 01 07 first version ; 2004 12 21 last version Original uploader was G-Man at http //en wikipedia org en wikipedia en wikipedia 2004-12 G-Man Original upload log page en wikipedia Oxford_Canal_at_Hillmorton jpg 2005-01-07 23 22 G-Man 1000×647× 226197 bytes <nowiki>big 1000px version</nowiki> 2004-12-21 18 21 G-Man 750×486× 169505 bytes <nowiki>Photo by ~~~ Dec 2004</nowiki> en wikipedia Oxford_Canal en wikipedia Canals_of_the_United_Kingdom en wikipedia Hillmorton Canals in the United Kingdom 4 Canal tolls in England Rugby Warwickshire Hillmorton Oxford Canal
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