Aldermaston Lock

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Aldermaston Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, at Aldermaston Wharf in the English county of Berkshire. It stands at the junction of the civil parishes of Padworth, Beenham and Aldermaston.

Aldermaston Lock was built between 1718 and 1723 under the supervision of the engineer John Hore of Newbury. It was originally turf-sided, but enlarged in the mid-eighteenth century and given scalloped brick walls. It was altered in the late twentieth century when the walls were raised to the full height of lock.^[1]

It was originally called Brewhouse Lock because Strange's Brewery stood beside it. ^[2]

Today the canal is administered by British Waterways. The lock has a rise/fall of 8 ft 11 in (2.72 m).^[3]

It is a grade II listed building.^[1]

Top gates and scalloped lock walls.	A boat leaving the bottom of the lock.	View of the lock and former wharf area	Aldermaston Lock in 1975 before restoration.
Lift Bridge near Aldermaston Lock.	Details of the Scalloped Walls at Aldermaston Lock.

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Aldermaston Lock. Images of England. Retrieved on 2006-09-16.
^ Site information board.
^ Pearson, Michael (2003). Kennet & Avon Middle Thames:Pearson's Canal Companion. Rugby: Central Waterways Supplies. ISBN 0-907864-97-X.