Boveney Lock
The Boveney Lock is a lock in the Thames . It is located in the British county of Buckinghamshire opposite Royal Windsor Racecourse and near Eton Wick . Boveney is a place on the same side of the river a little upstream. The lock was built in 1838 by the Thames Navigation Commission . It was moved closer to the Buckinghamshire shore in 1898 and small boat pulleys were installed in place of the old lock.
history
Even if the river below Maidenhead no dams should have such a will floodgate on Gill's Bucks mentioned above the present lock. Proposals to build a lock had been around since 1780 and various plans were submitted in 1820. Due to the difficult conditions with narrow river bends downstream, these provided cuts in the opening of the Clewer Mill Stream . However, the current location was chosen and a wooden lock was built in 1838. A temporary boat slide was set up in 1895 for regular boat traffic from Eton College to Queen's Eyot , which became permanent in 1898 when the lock was relocated. The weir was rebuilt in 1913.
The river above the lock
The Bush Ait at the beginning of the Clewer Mill Stream is reached first. Further up the river is Queens Eyot, owned by Eton College. The Summerleaze footbridge , originally built to move gravel from Dorney Lake , crosses the river just before Monkey Island . The river The Cut ends south of the Monkey Iceland into the Thames. The M4 Bridge crosses the river just before Bray Lock .
The Thames Path runs all the way to Bray Lock on the north bank.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Fred S. Thacker: The Thames Highway. Volume II: Locks and Weirs. 1920 - 1968 reissued , David & Charles, Newton Abbot, ISBN 0-7153-4233-9 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 27.4 " N , 0 ° 38 ′ 27.5" W.