Fourteen Locks

Fourteen Locks
Lock 11, February 2005. The upper part of this lock was made wider, to allow boats to pass.[1]
Waterway	Crumlin Arm (Monmouthshire canal)
Operation	Manual
First built	1799
Length	64 feet 9 inches (19.7 m)
Width	9 feet 2 inches (2.79 m)
Fall	160 feet (49 m)
Partially restored

v t e Fourteen Locks
Legend
to Crumlin 21 Lock Cefn Bridge Visitor Centre Pound for Lock 20 20 Lock Pond for Lock 19 19 Lock Pound for Lock 18 18 Lock Pond for Lock 17 17 Lock Weir Pound for Lock 16 16 Lock Pond for Lock 15 15 Lock Pound for Lock 14 14 Lock Pond for Lock 13 13 Lock Pensarn Bridge Pound for Lock 12 12 Lock Pond for Lock 11 11 Lock Pond for Lock 10 10 Lock Pound for Lock 9 9 Lock Pond for Lock 8 8 Lock to Newport

Fourteen Locks (grid reference ST277886) is a series of locks, also known as the Cefn Flight, on the Crumlin arm of the Monmouthshire Canal at Rogerstone in Newport, South Wales. The flight of locks was completed in 1799 and raises the water level 160 ft (50 m) in just 800 yd (740 m). This is one of the steepest rises for a major run in the UK which, combined with the sheer number of locks, makes it one of the most significant in the country.^[2] The run of locks includes a series of embanked ponds,^[3] pounds, sluices and weirs to control the water supply, with no set of gates shared between individual locks. It therefore comprises a flight of locks rather than a lock staircase.^[4]