Description

BRADFORD

SE 13 NE LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL
CANAL
1-0/5/10017
Field 3-Rise Lock 16-18 at SE180398

II

3-rise lock. c1774-77 with replacement of materials and movable parts. James Brindley/John Longbotham, engineers. Comprises 3 adjoining wide chambers of coursed dressed stone with stone coping, the walls of the upper 2 curving out at their tails, with stone steps to either side. 2 pairs of late C20 wooden gates to top chamber with one pair of the same to each of the lower ones (the upper gates being formed by the lower gates of the chamber above). Each pair has integral rack and pinion paddle gearing and adjacent boxed ground paddles, with the exception of the middle chamber, where the ground paddles have been removed. Stone set ginny ring at each gate. Each chamber has a wooden plank footbridge across its tail. Overflow weir to offside from towpath, with channels leading into it from 2 lower chambers.

Listing NGR: SE1798739775

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26559271

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments