Ashline Lock Penstock
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Ashline Lock Penstock
Image: © Mike Todd Taken: 15 Jun 2010
Ashline Lock is boater operated and requires a windlass of different dimensions from all other locks. They can be bought at Stanground Lock. There are few locks which are operated by vertically mounted mechanisms such as this, although several may be found on the Leeds and Liverpool, near Leeds. The term 'penstock' is the term used by the Fenland waterways for what is generally called a paddle (mechanism)
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Image Location
Latitude
52.550764
Longitude
-0.124986