Newbury Lock:: OS grid SU4767 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

SU4767 : Newbury Lock

near to Newbury, West Berkshire, Great Britain

Newbury Lock

Lock 85, with a rise of 5 feet 3 inches. The Kennet Navigation was constructed from Reading to Newbury in 1723. In 1788 plans were put forward for a canal from Newbury to Bath, and these received approval with an Act of Parliament to build the Kennet and Avon Canal in 1793. Newbury Lock, here, was the first lock to be started in 1794 and two years later the canal was usable between here and Hungerford.

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2009

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Grid Square: SU4767, 491 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Graham Horn (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph
Date Taken: Tuesday, 2 June, 2009 (more nearby)
Submitted: Saturday, 6 June, 2009
Category: Lock (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: SU 470 671 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:24.0969N 1:19.4846W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: SU 471 671
View Direction: West-southwest (about 247 degrees)