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Crofton Bottom Lock |
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Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire KAC33.66 |
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KandAC mile 33
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The lock is miles chains from Reading.
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Lock 63 is Crofton Top Lock; the paddles are shut but water is
overflowing into the ground paddle tunnel and trying to fill the
chamber.
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rise |
7ft0ins |
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depth of water, full |
5ft7ins |
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depth of water, empty |
5ft6ins |
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length |
74ft8ins |
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width |
14ft3ins |
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Water swirling out of the lock chamber.
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Water swirling out of the lock chamber.
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A boat approaching Crofton Top Lock from the west; the pretty effect
on the canal surface is rain.
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Lock filled, gates open, boat entering the lock chamber; still raining
a bit.
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Gates closing; rain eased off.
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Gate paddles on the bottom gate lifted.
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Water escaping the lock chamber.
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Holding up the pawl and winding down the paddle on the bottom gate;
raining a little again.
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The boat going off eastwards from lock 63; rain clearing up.
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... of course it never rains on the canal ...
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Same day, later on:-
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A pair of boats locking up through lock 63.
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A pair of boats leaving lock 63, towing.
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A pair of boats leaving lock 63, towing.
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Kennet and Avon Scrapbook 2000
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