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Froxfield Lower Lock |
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Froxfield, Wiltshire KAC30.33 |
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KandAC mile 30
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Boat locking up through Froxfield Lower Lock
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The lowest of three locks around Froxfield.
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The lock is 30 miles 33 chains from Reading.
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rise |
7ft0ins |
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depth of water, full |
5ft10ins |
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depth of water, empty |
5ft9ins |
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length |
75ft5ins |
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width |
14ft3ins |
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Coming up.
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Boat, up, waiting for the gates to free.
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... why does Daddy always get to drive the boat and we do the hard
work? ...
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OR
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Out she comes.
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Remembering to open the bottom paddles to leave the lock empty.
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The lock number plate, advisory notice, and BWB sign on the top gate
beam.
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PLEASE LEAVE / THIS LOCK EMPTY / AFTER USE
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Locks on different parts of the Kennet and Avon Canal have different
rules about how to leave the lock; the notices are not fussiness but a
necessary instruction. Some parts of the canal have provision for
overflow water to bypass the lock, others do not.
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The BWB sign is one of the really nice logos to come out of the
1980s-90s, so many logos are pretentious and obscure, this is apt and
clear - we like it!
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Kennet and Avon Scrapbook 2000
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