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List of canal junctions
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Stop lock
The stop lock, or bar, is a physical barrier to prevent water loss (or theft) from one private canal to another, in this case the Digbeth branch of the Birmingham Canal Navigations and the Warwick and Birmingham Canal (now the Grand Union]]. In this case the stop lock consists of two opposing lock gates at each end of a lock so that a boat could be transferred from one canal to the other with a miniscule amount of water loss, and no water flow, no matter which canal happened to be the higher at any particular time. Today the gates are chained open as both canals are under common control.

Operation as a tidal stop lock.

The tidal stop lock consists of four standard lock gates, each with the normal paddle gear. Since a stop lock generally controls two canals whose waters are at almost the same level, perhaps differing by only six inches (15 cm), the turbulence caused by sluicing water is minor, so gate paddles are typically used rather than culverted sluices.

Assuming that the canal on the left were lower than that on the right. Gates 1 and 3 would be used as if they were part of a standard lock. Gates 2 and 4 would be kept open. A boat traversing from right to left would open the paddles on gate 3 until the lock fills, open gate 3, enter the lock, and close gate 3 and its paddles. It would then open the paddles on gate 4 until the lock empties, open gate 4, leave the lock, and close gate 4 and its paddles.

If the canal on the left were higher at the time then the other pair of gates would be used in a similar manner, with gates 1 and 3 being kept open.