Boat on Kegworth weir

[Richard T]

This article appeared in the Leicester Mercury today

http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Stolen-boat-trapped-weir/story-20770462-detail/story.html

Anybody know any more about it?

[Graham Davis]

50' drop over the weir??

[NickF]

That really is quite a weir! 50ft!! Just as well it didn't go over .....no wonder the lock is called Kegworth DEEP lock!

[GoodGurl]

not heard about the boat but this is where it would have been, you can see the other side of the weir through the fence.

[Capt Ahab]

5 feet more like!

[MHS]

50' drop over the weir??

50cm perhaps???

[BGA]

50' drop over the weir??

That wouldn't be a weir so much as a waterfall, biggest in Britain probably.

[Proper Job]

The journalist was using a tape measure that he borrowed from a local fisherman

[GoodGurl]

the picture is a little deceiving, unless you see it in real time you can't tell, but there is actually a 50ft drop the other side.

[Graham Davis]

Do you mean a 50' vertical drop, or a 50' long slope downwards?

[MHS]

the picture is a little deceiving, unless you see it in real time you can't tell, but there is actually a 50ft drop the other side.

Away from the cut and my guides. How deep is Kegworth Deep lock? 12' ??

 

The drop is only going to be the same.

The vertical drop over a weir is usually fairly small, then down the weir race down to the river below.

[David Mack]

the picture is a little deceiving, unless you see it in real time you can't tell, but there is actually a 50ft drop the other side.

 

Really???

 

That would make Kegworth Deep Lock some 2.5 times as deep as Tuel Lane Lock which is normally regarded as the deepest lock on the UK inland waterways.

[GoodGurl]

no it's not a sheer drop it slopes down to the river.

looking under the barrier.

[John Williamson 1955]

That is one impressively sized weir, according to Google Maps.

[GoodGurl]

That is one impressively sized weir, according to Google Maps.

indeed it is

google earth pic - https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Kegworth&hl=en&ll=52.836162,-1.273479&spn=0.000608,0.00142&sll=52.846457,-1.120305&sspn=0.019439,0.045447&oq=kegworth&t=h&hnear=Kegworth,+Leicestershire,+United+Kingdom&z=20

[Richard T]

The weir at Kegworth has a long slope probably around 50ft. The fall is between 10 and 12ft depending on river levels. Like Freemans Meadow in Leicester it has a long crest so the depth of water going over at any one point is only a couple of inches - it is one of the few Soar weirs that I've not been over in a kayak.. It shouldn't be too difficult to the boat off providing that there is enough depth of water to get a couple of decent tugs to it.

[NickF]

indeed it is

google earth pic - https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Kegworth&hl=en&ll=52.836162,-1.273479&spn=0.000608,0.00142&sll=52.846457,-1.120305&sspn=0.019439,0.045447&oq=kegworth&t=h&hnear=Kegworth,+Leicestershire,+United+Kingdom&z=20

Interesting that on the google picture you can see where the old lock was alongside the new.

[GoodGurl]

Interesting that on the google picture you can see where the old lock was alongside the new.

yes and you can still see the old lock at the side of the new at ratcliffe lock too

[Woodstock]

did they get whoever stole it?

[b0atman]

Lock up all your locks before they have all gone and the other half will lose their daily exercise.

Was Foxton inclined plane shot down over Germany in the last war ?

[waterwitch]

The journalist was using a tape measure that he borrowed from a local fisherman

First giggle of the day.

Edited March 8, 2014 by waterwitch