County Lock
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County Lock is a lock on the River Kennet in Reading town centre in the English county of Berkshire.
County Lock was built between 1718 and 1723 under the supervision of the engineer John Hore of Newbury, and this stretch of the river is now administered by British Waterways and known as the Kennet Navigation.
It is the shallowest locks on the Kennet, as boats only rise or fall about 30 cm (1 foot) in the lock. The main stream of the Kennet flows down the weir on the far side of the lock, whilst another arm of the Kennet disappears under the Bridge Street Roundabout.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ County Lock. Reading History Trail. Retrieved on 2006-09-17.
[edit] See also
| Next lock upstream | River Kennet / Kennet and Avon Canal | Next lock downstream |
| Fobney Lock | County Lock Grid reference: SU713729 |
Blake's Lock |
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