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Little Bedwyn Lock |
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Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire KAC31.58 |
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KandAC mile 31
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Lock name plate, Little Bedwyn Lock.
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The lock is 31 miles 58 chains from Reading.
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rise |
6ft11ins |
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depth of water, full |
5ft0ins |
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depth of water, empty |
4ft9ins |
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length |
75ft3ins |
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width |
14ft3ins |
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The lock from the railway footbridge.
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Winding up the ground paddles to fill the lock, locking down.
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Sluice gear, ground paddle.
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Sluice gear, raised ground paddle.
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Sluice gear, raised ground paddle.
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The bottom gates have ?hydraulic sluice gear, which still requires
effort of course; the red disc indicates the rising paddle.
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Kennet and Avon Scrapbook 2000
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