Lock gates, Nash Mills Lane, Hemel Hempstead

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The photograph on this page of Lock gates, Nash Mills Lane, Hemel Hempstead by Brian Robert Marshall as part of the Geograph project.

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Lock gates, Nash Mills Lane, Hemel Hempstead

Image: © Brian Robert Marshall Taken: 16 Apr 2013

The steerer of the narrowboat in the lock is opening the gates to allow him to pilot the boat into the next stretch of the Grand Union Canal. In fact the boat was narrow enough that he only had to open one of the pair of gates.

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.727856
Longitude
-0.452885