Filling the lock
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Filling the lock
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 10 Feb 2008
Two boats arrived to lock down and their crews have opened the paddles to fill the lock. If there had been a boat in the lock it would have been dangerous to open the paddles in the lock gates fully, like this, as this is likely to swamp and sink the boat.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.749565
Longitude
-1.15195