Temple Lock
The Temple Lock is a lock on Buckinghamshire -Ufer the River Thames near the Temple Mill Iceland near Hurley in Berkshire . The first lock was built in 1773 by the Thames Navigation Commission .
The weir runs from the lock to the bank in Berkshire a little upstream of the lock. The lock can only be reached via the Marlow or Hurley riverside path.
history
There is evidence of a lock gate and winch from the 16th century. There was also a ferry at the lock.
The lock was built in 1773 as one of the first following the reorganization of navigation on the Thames in 1770. Like the other locks at that time, it had to be renewed in 1782. Even if there were offers to build in stone, wood was used because it was cheaper. In 1890 a new lock was built next to the old one.
The river above the lock
The section above the lock is one of the shortest between two locks on the Thames. In 1989 the Temple Footbridge was built to replace the ferry that ceased operations in 1953.
The Thames Path crosses the Temple Footbridge and again over bridges at Hurley, where the Hurley Lock is.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Fred S. Thacker: The Thames Highway. Volume II: Locks and Weirs. 1920 - 1968 reissued, David & Charles, Newton Abbot.
Coordinates: 51 ° 33 ′ 7.5 ″ N , 0 ° 47 ′ 38.4 ″ W.