Sluice Gate, Malpas Brook, Near Coolgreany Crescent, Newport 3 May 2018
The Malpas Brook sluice gate, part of a flood management scheme for the area. The brook runs into the River Usk and spring tides can cause surges up it. The nameplate reads "Ransome & Rapier".
Ransome & Rapier of Ipswich, were founded in 1869, manufacturing railway associated engineering items. In 1880 they acquired the patent rights to sluices invented by Francis Goold Morony Stoney in 1874, and thus became concerned with hydraulic engineering and water management projects. They closed down in 1988 and the site has been redeveloped into housing and light industrial units.
Sluice Gate, Malpas Brook, Near Coolgreany Crescent, Newport 3 May 2018
The Malpas Brook sluice gate, part of a flood management scheme for the area. The brook runs into the River Usk and spring tides can cause surges up it. The nameplate reads "Ransome & Rapier".
Ransome & Rapier of Ipswich, were founded in 1869, manufacturing railway associated engineering items. In 1880 they acquired the patent rights to sluices invented by Francis Goold Morony Stoney in 1874, and thus became concerned with hydraulic engineering and water management projects. They closed down in 1988 and the site has been redeveloped into housing and light industrial units.