2014

SK9771 : Lincoln, Brayford Pool

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

Lincoln, Brayford Pool
Lincoln, Brayford Pool
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 bridge/flyover ahead is carrying Brayford Way, part of the city's inner ring road.
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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Geographical Context: Rivers, Streams, Drainage Lakes, Wetland, Bog City, Town centre Camera: Panasonic Lumix TZ60 River: River Witham other tags: Lincoln City Centre Witham Navigation River Bridge Brayford Pool Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Lincoln [3095] · River Witham [250] · Brayford Pool [209] · Minster Yard [202] ·
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SK9771, 5038 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
David Dixon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 5 August, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 11 August, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 971 711 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:13.7217N 0:32.7594W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 973 710
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West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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