Description

SE 54 SE
8/85A

NABURN
NABURN LOCK
Old and New Lock

GV
II

Pair of locks. 1757 and 1887-89. John Fowler, engineer and Nelson and Co.,
contractors of New Lock, for Ouse Navigation. Ashlar walls with timber and
cast-iron gates, bridges and winding gear. Locks have central island with
pointed ends. Each lock has ashlar sides with 2 pairs of plank gates
surmounted by walkways, some with clews by Adams Hydraulics Ltd., York and
London, and with stanchions with chains between. To each bank a cast-iron
swing bridge with lattice parapet. 8 pairs of winches, 4 per lock. One
winch for opening gate. Old Lock and adjacent dam built at a cost of
£10,000, New Lock, offices (q.v.) and workshops (q.v.) built at a cost of
£14,098. Carridge, William, Ouse Bridge to Naburn Lock, 1890, pp 493-505.

Listing NGR: SE5941344513

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26602596

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Recommended Books

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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)