Thames Navigation Commission

The Thames Navigation Commission was responsible for the administration of the Thames in England . In particular, she was responsible for building and maintaining locks in the river in the 18th and early 19th centuries .

history

The first commission to deal with the administration of the Thames was the Oxford-Burcot Commission , set up by James I in a 1605 law . She was responsible for the river between Oxford and Burcot .

The Oxford-Burcot Commission was successful in shipping on the Thames, so the Thames Navigation Commissioners were appointed as a permanent body by another law under George II in 1751 . This commission had similar rights to its predecessor and was responsible for the entire river from the source to Staines . Previous commissions had been in office since 1695 but were always short term.

The Thames Conservancy was founded in 1857. In 1866 it was found that it would be better if the entire administration of the river was combined into one organization and the Thames Navigation Commission was subordinated to the Thames Conservancy.

Locks built by the Thames Navigation Commission

• Boulter's Lock (1772)
• Hambleden Lock (1773)
• Hurley Lock (1773)
• Marlow Lock (1773)
• Marsh Lock (1773)
• Shiplake Lock (1773)
• Sonning Lock (1773)
• Temple Lock (1773)
• Caversham Lock (1778)
• Mapledurham Lock (1778)
• Cleeve Lock (1787)
• Goring Lock (1787)
• Whitchurch Lock (1787)
• Benson Lock (1788)
• Day's Lock (1789)
• Abingdon Lock (1790)
• Buscot Lock (1790)
• Godstow Lock (1790)
• Osney Lock (1790)
• Rushey Lock (1790)
• St John's Lock (1790)
• Pinkhill Lock (1791)
• Romney Lock (1798)
• Culham Lock (1809)
• Bell Weir Lock (1817)
• Clifton Lock (1822)
• Old Windsor Lock (1822)
• Cookham Lock (1830)
• Boveney Lock (1838)
• Bray Lock (1845)

See also

• Locks and weirs of the Thames

Web links

• The River Thames - Its management past and present ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stuart Oliver: Navigability and the improvement of the river Thames. 1605-1815. In: The Geographical Journal. Volume 176, No. 2, June 2010, pp. 164-177, doi: 10.1111 / j.1475-4959.2010.00354.x .