City Mill Lock reopens

[Tim Lewis]

On saturday afternoon boats from St Pancras cruising club will be using the reopened City Mill Lock on the Bow Back Rivers.

 

Annoyingly I am at a wedding that day so will not be using the closest lock to my home!

 

More info here.

 

Tim

[the grinch]

found this picture

http://www.londoncanals.co.uk/bbrivers/ima...p/citymill1.jpg

[alan_fincher]

Damn,

 

We will be passing down past there tomorrow, but don't have slack in the schedule to hang around until Saturday......

[Josher]

Bit more ...

 

31 July 2010 Last updated at 12:10 BBC News

 

 

Derelict London lock restored for 2012 Olympic games

 

City Mill Lock in east London The City Mill Lock in East London had been disused for more than 40 years

 

A derelict lock that has not been used for more than 40 years is being reopened to provide access to the London Olympic site. Restoration work costing £400,000 has been carried out on the City Mill Lock, on the Waterworks River in east London.

The waterway will mainly be used by security boats during London 2012 and will link the site to the rest of London's canal network after the games. A flotilla of boats will pass through the lock to mark its reopening. The restoration work is part of a wider regeneration project that has seen a 5.5km (3.4mile) loop of waterways around the Olympic site dredged.

 

Richard Rutter, of British Waterways, said: "Whilst the Olympic Games are a massive focus for everyone living and working in London, here at British Waterways we believe that even more benefits will come after 2012, during the Legacy phase. At the moment boaters are restricted in how far they can go as there's no public access to the park. After the Games we anticipate the waterways will be opened up as quickly as practicable. These regenerated waterways will attract leisure boaters who help to create a colourful waterway scene."

 

Roger Squires, of St Pancras Cruising Club, said: "It's a real honour to be able to bring the flotilla through City Mill Lock. It's a great sign for the future of East London's waterways, and I'm sure that the investment to improve the waterways will mean that post-Games many more people will follow our lead and enjoy these restored industrial waterways."

[magpie patrick]

Really glad it has been reopened. we "nosed the stop planks" from both sides in 1996 (yes, from the Waterworks River as well as the City Mills River.

 

However, it is likely that more boats went through on Saturday than in the previous 80 years of its history. When it was built, it was cheaper to build the lock than extinguish the right of navigation. It is thought that the lock was unused until a bunch of canal bashers went through it in the 1960's (courtesy of the late Mike Stevens)

[Tim Lewis]

Really glad it has been reopened. we "nosed the stop planks" from both sides in 1996 (yes, from the Waterworks River as well as the City Mills River.

 

However, it is likely that more boats went through on Saturday than in the previous 80 years of its history. When it was built, it was cheaper to build the lock than extinguish the right of navigation. It is thought that the lock was unused until a bunch of canal bashers went through it in the 1960's (courtesy of the late Mike Stevens)

 

A few pictures

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/british_water...57624635750422/

 

Tim

[luctor et emergo]

Hmmm,

 

automatic gates? And a lock keeper?

 

Will the lock be manned permanently? Will boaters be able to use/operate the lock themselves?

 

Will we be seeing these gates elsewhere? (The locks on the K&A are beyond reason. Some are virtualy impossible to open or your own, and others won't stay shut... As for the gates leaking water... )

 

nice pics btw.

[RichardN]

More photos here Also this site is excellent. Now all I need to work out is where Mike Steven's web site went to ...

 

Richard

nb indigo dream

Edited August 3, 2010 by RichardN