Masterpiece of Engineering

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New touristy entrance
Looking up to the top of the lock
Canal boat navigating locks.
Water emptying into pound.
Looking down the bottom 5 lock gares
Looking into a lock as the water is drained out.
Lock/sluice gates
Another pound.
Canal boats waiting for their turn to go through the lock.

This week’s challenge is Masterpiece. This is the flight of 10 staircase locks at Foxton, a masterpiece of engineering built between 1810 and 1814. It takes about 45 minutes to through the full flight if you have the luxury of no waiting. Now a Grade II Listed structure and popular tourist attraction, it is fascinating to see it working and well worth a visit if you are in the area.

Marie

 

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  2. so enjoyed these photographs. Funnily enough, I’d contemplated posting one of the French locks for this challenge. But this was a lovely trip down memory lane. We used to be narrowboaters on the Grand Union, based at Welton Hythe. Thanks for the memories.

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