2014

SK9771 : Brayford Pool, Lincoln

taken 11 years ago, near to Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England

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Brayford Pool, Lincoln
Brayford Pool, Lincoln
The Fossdyke Navigation ends where it meets the River Witham at Brayford Pool in the centre of Lincoln. This was once the commercial heart of the city with a large expanse of water surrounded by warehouses, mills, timber yards and maltings.

The Pool has been the focus of Lincoln's urban regeneration since the early 1990s and today it is now overlooked by bars, restaurants, a cinema and, perhaps most significantly, the University of Lincoln. The Pool is used as a marina by houseboats and pleasure craft, as well as by anglers and kayakers.
The Foss Dyke Navigation :: SK9373

The Foss Dyke, or Fossdyke Navigation, dates back to Roman times, giving it a strong claim to be Britain’s oldest canal.

The Romans built the Foss Dyke (or Fossdyke) ca120 AD, to connect the River Witham to the River Trent. The canal decayed after the departure of the Roman army until the channel was re-established in 1121, during the reign of King Henry I. During the next few centuries the channel regularly silted up making it almost unusable and it was not until 1744 that a reliable channel was created and maintained. Improvements made in 1671 included a navigable sluice or lock at Torksey, and warehousing and wharves were built at Brayford Pool in the centre of Lincoln.

Unlike many canals, the Foss Dyke never closed. Despite the demise of general commercial traffic caused by competition from the railways in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the canal continued to carry grain traffic until 1972.


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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Lincoln [3095] · River Witham [250] · Brayford Pool [209] · Minster Yard [202] Title Clusters: · Brayford Pool, Lincoln [20] ·
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Photographer
David Dixon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 5 August, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 11 August, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 9727 7115 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:13.7097N 0:32.6610W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 97357 71126
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West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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