Osney Lock

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The Osney Lock with the Osney Mill in the background
The north side of Osney Lock

The Osney Lock is a lock on the River Thames in Oxford , England , near the town and the island of Osney .

The first stone lock was built in 1790 by Daniel Harris for the Thames Navigation Commission . Next to the southern end of the lock is the Osney Pool, an Environment Agency facility for work on the river. The weir is split in two upstream next to the shipping route and it directs the water into the Osney Pool.

history

The main shipping route used to be an arm of the river known as the Bulstake Stream, which runs further west. Today's shipping canal was built in the Middle Ages by the monks of Osney Abbey as a mill canal for the Osney Mill . There was a weir that belonged to the abbey. A lock was first planned in 1787. After the lock was built in 1790, the Mühlkanal was the main arm of the river. Daniel Harris put the prisoners from Oxford prison as laborers in order to be able to offer the lowest price. The lock was last modified in 1905.

The river above the lock

Four Rivers is a division in the river that connects to the Oxford Canal via the Sheepwash Channel in one direction and the Bulstake Stream in the other. The river flows past willows until it reaches Fiddler's Island . There was a floodgate there , now the Medley Footbridge crosses the river. On the other side of the island is the Castle Mill Stream , an old shipping canal that runs near the center of Oxford.

The Thames Path changes to the shore of Oxford at Osney Bridge , crosses Fiddler's Island and Medley Footbridge to run on the west bank to Godstow Lock . The lock is accessible via the path along the river from Osney Bridge.

See also

Web links

Commons : Osney Lock  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mark Davies, Catherine Robinson: A Towpath Walk in Oxford Oxford. Towpath Press, Oxford 2003, ISBN 0-9535593-1-9 , pp. 76-77.
  2. ^ Alan Crossley, CR Elrington: A History of the County of Oxford. Volume 4: The City of Oxford. 1979, ISBN 0-19-722714-7 .
  3. ^ Fred S. Thacker: The Thames Highway. Volume II: Locks and Weirs. 1920 - 1968 reissued, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, pp. 114–116.
  4. ↑ River Thames (Sheepwash Channel) on canalplan.org.uk, accessed September 15, 2012.

Coordinates: 51 ° 44 ′ 57.1 ″  N , 1 ° 16 ′ 18.9 ″  W.