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Empty tanker BP Manufacturer(?) of London heading onto River Severn.
Gloucester & Sharpness Canal: Tidal Basin, Sharpness. 1967Empty tanker BP Manufacturer(?) of London heading onto River Severn.
Engraving of Inshaws Pioneer 1856
(From Steam on Canals Sub-Collection)Engraving of Inshaws Pioneer 1856
Engraving of old steam boat Lord Dundas
(From Steam on Canals Sub-Collection)Engraving of old steam boat Lord Dundas
Entrance Lock to Rickmansworth Branch.
Lock 81A. Grid Ref: TQ 0624 9403 [GU-191-140/GX-001-040]. Right hand wall of lock chamber appears to be curved. 247183E confirms this and shows that both walls are curved.Entrance Lock to Rickmansworth Branch.
Entrance Lock to Sharpness New Docks. 1967
Grid Ref: SO 6698 1228 [GS-001-240]. Coaster and tanker barge descending lock. The buildings on the right are granaries and a grain silo.Entrance Lock to Sharpness New Docks. 1967
Entrance to Avon Lock Tewkesbury. 1961
Grid Ref: SO 8930 3312 [WA-075-000]Entrance to Avon Lock Tewkesbury. 1961
Entrance to Cleeve Lock. 1961
Grid Ref: SP 0804 5001 [WA-024-830]. Weir now removed.Entrance to Cleeve Lock. 1961
Entrance to Crimson Hill Tunnel. 1975
Probably the southern portal as the northern one was in good condition. Grid Ref: ST 3233 2084 [CD-015-090]Entrance to Crimson Hill Tunnel. 1975
Entrance to Sharpness New Docks from River Severn
Grid Ref: SO 6660 0213 [GS-001-000]. Two loaded vessels approaching from upstream.Entrance to Sharpness New Docks from River Severn
Entrance to Sharpness New Docks.
Tanker in tidal basin approaching lock. Grid Ref: SO 6698 1228 [GS-001-240]. Note the double gates in the lock to save water for smaller craft.Entrance to Sharpness New Docks.
Entrance to Sharpness New Docks. 1967
Coaster leaving canal. "Theo . . . . From Uith . . ." on to River Severn. Grid Ref: SO 6660 0213 [GS-001-000]Entrance to Sharpness New Docks. 1967
Entrance to Wilts & Berks Canal, Abingdon 1964
Grid Ref: SU 4961 9658 [WBk-084-530]. The car on the right is parked where the bridge over the canal would have been.Entrance to Wilts & Berks Canal, Abingdon 1964
Etruria Staircase, Caldon Canal
Operating bottom gates of lock with split tail bridgeEtruria Staircase, Caldon Canal
Etruria Staircase, Caldon Canal
Bottom gates of lock with split tail bridgeEtruria Staircase, Caldon Canal
Evesham Lock (left), weir and gasworks. 1961
Grid Ref: SP 0413 4390 [WA-033-980]Evesham Lock (left), weir and gasworks. 1961
Evesham Lock. 1961
Grid Ref: SP 0413 4390 [WA-033-980]. Note; balance beams removed.Evesham Lock. 1961
Exit onto the Severn from the New Sharpness Docks
Coaster leaving canal "Theo . . . . From Uith . . ." on to River Severn. Grid Ref: SO 6660 0213 [GS-001-000]Exit onto the Severn from the New Sharpness Docks
Fenny Stratford lock. 1956
Grid Ref: SP 8836 3437 [GU-132-930]. The bridge in the background (95A) carries the Bletchley to Bedford line (BBM @ 1m 19ch). Background out of focusFenny Stratford lock. 1956
Fenny Stratford Lock. 1956
Showing the swing bridge that operates across the lock. Curious boat in foreground. Background out of focus. Grid Ref: SP 8836 3437 [GU-132-930]Fenny Stratford Lock. 1956
Fireman Mr Beckenham by Boiler 110 in Side Boiler House. 1953
Fireman Mr Beckenham by Boiler 110 in Side Boiler House. 1953
First Waterways: Map of where it all began: Bridgewater/Fossdyke and Exeter
First Waterways: Map of where it all began: Bridgewater/Fossdyke and Exeter
Fish & Anchor Ford. 1961
Grid Ref: SP 0653 4710 [WA-028-440]. Now the site of the weir for the new George Billington Lock.Fish & Anchor Ford. 1961
Fladbury Staunch, drawing 1964
Drawing by M Sayer. Could be of Cropthorne flash lock, just downstream from Jubilee Bridge. If so, by 1970 it had been removed. Grid Ref: SP 0003 4551 [WA-043-900]Fladbury Staunch, drawing 1964
