Soham Lode
| Cottenham Lode | ||
 The Soham Lode at Barway |
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| Data | ||
| location | East Cambridgeshire , Cambridgeshire | |
| River system | Great Ouse | |
| Drain over | Great Ouse → The Wash → North Sea | |
| origin | East of Soham 52 ° 20 ′ 1 ″ N , 0 ° 22 ′ 25 ″ E |
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| muzzle | Northwest of Barway in the Great Ouse Coordinates: 52 ° 21 ′ 52 " N , 0 ° 15 ′ 35" E 52 ° 21 ′ 52 " N , 0 ° 15 ′ 35" E
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| Navigable | with boats | |
Soham Lode is the name of an artificially created and boat-navigable canal in the English county of Cambridgeshire , which is counted among the Cambridgeshire Lodes . Besides the Cottenham Lode , it is the only one of the Cambridgeshire Lodes which flows into the Great Ouse and not into the River Cam .
course
The Soham Lode arises east of the town of Soham from the River Snail , over which it is connected to Fordham and Newmarket . At first it flows in a large right-hand arc before turning east of Soham for a short distance to the southwest. To the west of Soham he turns to the northwest and maintains this direction more or less up to a confluence northwest of the hamlet of Barway and east of Little Thetford in the Great Ouse . At the confluence with the Great Ouse there are two lock gates , which served as flood gates and to regulate the water level in the Lode. The Soham Lode has several drainage channels along its course.
history
Unlike most of the Cambridgeshire Lodes , the Soham Lode is unlikely to date from Roman times . The length as well as the winding course speak against an origin in Roman times. Soham Lode was probably built in the 1790s to drain the River Snail into the Great Ouse instead of the River Lark . Although originally laid out as a drainage canal, the Lode is still used today by boats. In the early 19th century, for example, the Lode was used by barges that brought grain to a mill in Soham. With the connection of Soham to the railway network, the Lode lost its importance as a transport route.
swell
- Cambridgeshire Lodes. www.canalroutes.net, accessed December 7, 2016 .
- Cambridgeshire Lodes. www.waterways.org.uk, accessed December 7, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Cambridgeshire Lodes. www.canalroutes.net, accessed December 7, 2016 .
