Lock 53, Thurlwood Steel Lock, 1961
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Lock 53, Thurlwood Steel Lock, 1961 by Robin Webster as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Lock 53, Thurlwood Steel Lock, 1961
Image: © Robin Webster Taken: 12 Apr 1961
Now dismantled, the strange structure on the right was a special lock constructed in 1957 to counter the effects of subsidence caused by brine pumping. It is now dismantled, as the normal lock paired with it continued to operate satisfactorily, and still does. It was complicated and tedious to use, so once tried, never again. To quote the boat's log: "11.32. Left Thurlwood Steel lock after long time operating due to ignorance". And that was with a crew rather highly qualified mechanically!
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
53.113238
Longitude
-2.294866