canal lock
Grafton, Wiltshire KAC35.14

KandAC mile 35
Railings on the top gates help you walk along the balance beam to the other side.
The lock is 35 miles 14 chains from Reading.
rise 6ft6ins
depth of water, full 5ft10ins
depth of water, empty 5ft11ins
length 74ft10ins
width 14ft7ins
Balance beam of a lower gate at lock 57. Notice the sluice gear for the ground paddle.
The outer ends of lock gates meet with a chamfer, the top of the gate bound in wrought iron.
Lock 57, from eastwards.
Lock 57, from westwards; notice the railway bridge.

Kennet and Avon Scrapbook 2000