SteveCourty Posted November 11, 2023 Report Share Posted November 11, 2023 The iron trunk aqueduct and how it came to be 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUMPY Posted November 11, 2023 Report Share Posted November 11, 2023 Down at the Newuns there are other missing locks on the GU, they are quite hard to trace as there is very little left of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveCourty Posted November 11, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2023 Oh really, I’ll have to start having a read up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUMPY Posted November 11, 2023 Report Share Posted November 11, 2023 It's what gave rise to the odd numbering at lock 69A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnetman Posted November 11, 2023 Report Share Posted November 11, 2023 Someone is going to do a report on five paddle lock at some stage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUMPY Posted November 11, 2023 Report Share Posted November 11, 2023 13 minutes ago, magnetman said: Someone is going to do a report on five paddle lock at some stage. Remember the chap that lived in the lock cottage with the sign on the gate. Seem to remember the official BW sign kept disappearing. Question for @magnetman What lock number is Irishman's Lock ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEngo Posted November 12, 2023 Report Share Posted November 12, 2023 15 hours ago, SteveCourty said: Oh really, I’ll have to start having a read up! The whys wherefores and sites associated with the newuns are well explained in "The Grand Junction Canal" by AH Faulkner. N Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnetman Posted November 12, 2023 Report Share Posted November 12, 2023 15 hours ago, GUMPY said: Remember the chap that lived in the lock cottage with the sign on the gate. Seem to remember the official BW sign kept disappearing. Question for @magnetman What lock number is Irishman's Lock ? I don't know that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUMPY Posted November 12, 2023 Report Share Posted November 12, 2023 8 hours ago, magnetman said: I don't know that one. It's a rare one mentioned in Hugh McKnight's book the only place I've seen it. Otherwise known as Winkwell Top or Lock 59 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnetman Posted November 12, 2023 Report Share Posted November 12, 2023 Canal plan has it as Bourne End bottom lock. Parglena lock ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek R. Posted November 13, 2023 Report Share Posted November 13, 2023 (edited) Winkwell Top, Middle, and Bottom. The New'uns - Apsley three and Nash two, replacing the old four locks at the foot of 'The Long Pound'. Court cases were brought by the mill owners for taking water from their mills. Good luck in finding any traces of it today, totally built over. As Bengo says, 'The Grand Junction Canal' by A. H. Faulkner, pages 76 on. Map on page 78. Never heard of 'Irishman's' or 'Parglena'. Edited November 13, 2023 by Derek R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUMPY Posted November 13, 2023 Report Share Posted November 13, 2023 12 hours ago, magnetman said: Canal plan has it as Bourne End bottom lock. Parglena lock ? It was the lock where Parglena was moored Canal plan is the only place I have seen 58 and 59 referred to as Bourne End top and bottom. 59,60,61 are Winkwell locks. 59 used to be known as Irishman's after a lock keeper I believe. 58 is Sewer Lock 56,57 were the two locks with side ponds so known as top side and bottom side. This is from memory as my books are at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek R. Posted November 14, 2023 Report Share Posted November 14, 2023 Correct. 57 Bottomside, 56 Topside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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