Pollington Lock (5):: OS grid SE6119 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

SE6119 : Pollington Lock (5)

near to Pollington, East Riding of Yorkshire, Great Britain

Pollington Lock (5)

The yellow markers indicate the position of the gates (open/closed) to skippers of approaching craft.

Pollington Lock

The top pair of gates represents the original lock from the opening of the Knottingley to Goole section of the Navigation in 1826. A third set of gates, roughly on the site of the current third gate along from the top, was added in 1861 to allow the passage of Tom Pudding trains. The lock in its current layout with two full sets of gates dates from the period immediately after the first World War, which enabled trains of up to 19 Tom Puddings to be locked through. All gates are now hydraulically powered, with a control cabin adjacent to the lower pair of gates.

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2011

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Grid Square: SE6119, 47 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Alan Murray-Rust (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph
Date Taken: Tuesday, 27 December, 2011 (more nearby)
Submitted: Tuesday, 3 January, 2012
Geographical Context: Canals
Canal (from Tags): Aire and Calder lock
Place (from Tags): Pollington Lock
Subject Location: OSGB36: SE 6159 1921 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:39.9451N 1:4.1609W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: SE 6154 1922
View Direction: East-southeast (about 112 degrees)