Frodsham Weir With Sluice Gates

FRODSHAM C.P. WEAVER NAVIGATION SJ 57 NW 2/110A Frodsham Weir, with Sluice Gates 1/9/1980 II Weir, 1785, altered. Coursed stone. The main weir, circa 45 metres wide, is curved. 2 sluices at south end of weir, each circa 5 metres wide, have stone piers with semicircular cutwaters and stone abutment. Wooden gangway on I-beams and plain square columns, probably cast iron, with diagonal braces crosses weir and sluiceways. The weir provides the outfall from the Weaver Navigation to the River Weaver. The fall is approximately 1 metre.

Listing NGR: SJ5379678660