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Heathy Close Lock
canal lock, Kennet and Avon Canal, KAC38.55 miles.chains from Reading;
Wootton Rivers, Wiltshire.
Sluice gear for a ground paddle. The iron loop in the foreground is the pawl that sits in the pinion teeth to stop the paddle sliding down when you've wound it up.


Kennet and Avon Scrapbook 2000