Gates and sill
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Gates and sill
Image: © Bill Nicholls Taken: 16 Jan 2011
View of lock 18's chamber showing the shut gates and sill. The gates are holding back the Basingstoke canal from refilling the empty part of the canal but water is getting through from the look of the leaks.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.302383
Longitude
-0.661667