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Potter's Lock |
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Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire KAC32.04 |
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KandAC mile 32
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A single handed boat gently nudging its way into Potter's Lock.
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The lock is 32 miles 4 chains from Reading.
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rise |
7ft6ins |
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depth of water, full |
5ft3ins |
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depth of water, empty |
4ft9ins |
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length |
75ft2ins |
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width |
14ft2ins |
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Potter's Lock.
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Bottom gates, a fine garden of weeds, and a fine gap worn between the
gates.
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I've never been quite clear how this sort of sluice gear works, it
looks hydraulic, well, that's apt.
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Hydraulic? sluice gear on a bottom gate; there is an indicator disc on
the rod pulling up the paddle.
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Boat Joshua entering Potter's Lock.
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Boats locking up.
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When the lock was full the water, upper pound depth, was above the top
of the bottom gates. Not a good thing, but quite entertaining.
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Boats leaving Potter's Lock.
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Boats leaving Potter's Lock.
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And the next boat waiting to lock up.
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The lock is named after the mayor of Great Bedwyn at the time the
canal was built. A letter of the time expressed the thought that:-
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Potter will be in his glory ...
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Kennet and Avon Scrapbook 2000
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