Can I pick your brains please?

[Tim Lewis]

A few pictures from Limehouse:

 

 

 

 

Tim

[Theo]

Are there any particular issue when going through a deep lock?

 

None but the normal precautions when descending.

 

When your going up you have to be rather more cautious than usual with the paddles because they can be very fierce. And be really careful with gate paddles.

 

Nick

[Tim Lewis]

all the locks on the trent from nottingham down have them

 

 

Newark Town Lock

 

Corrected to say Gunthorpe Lock

 

 

Holme Lock

 

 

Tim

Edited September 25, 2008 by Tim Lewis

[Tim Lewis]

Tuel Lane Lock in sowerby Bridge has them

 

 

One of my pictures of Tuel Lane:

 

 

Tim

[magpie patrick]

Sorry to be contrary but that's not Newark Town Lock: it alone of the trent locks downstream of Nottingham is built with steel piles not Mass concrete (and as a result hasn't needed shoring up!)

[Tim Lewis]

Sorry to be contrary but that's not Newark Town Lock: it alone of the trent locks downstream of Nottingham is built with steel piles not Mass concrete (and as a result hasn't needed shoring up!)

 

I'm glad that someone spotted my deliberate mistake , it is in fact Gunthorpe Lock (until someone tells me I'm wrong!)

 

Tim

Edited September 25, 2008 by Tim Lewis

[Timleech]

Lots of deep lock on the continent have floating bollards recessed into the walls. You need them on locks like this one on the Rhone:-

 

Full taken from the bottom 'gate'

 

 

 

Empty from the top gates:-

 

 

Bear in mind, to give an idea of scale, the boat is 16' beam. As far as I can remember the lock is about 50m deep.

 

Tim