Lock Gate at Lock No 53, Stratford-upon-Avon
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Lock Gate at Lock No 53, Stratford-upon-Avon
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 24 Aug 2012
Maidenhead Road Lock on the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal. The tail end of most narrow locks is usually controlled by a pair of mitre gates with gate paddles to raise in order to let water out. Locks on this canal have a single gate as shown in this image. The bridge here is probably not the original one, but the result of a widened road, but has been built so close to the lock gate that there is no room for a standard beam on which to push/pull. The substituted feeble metal structure at right angles to the gate makes it much more difficult to operate. Today, I found it impossible to close the gate after using the lock, and had to summon some passing muscle.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.19593
Longitude
-1.706183