[103834] Grand Union Canal : Foxton Locks Museum - Measham Pottery

Grand Union Canal - Leicester line, Foxton, Leicestershire.

Foxton Locks, 1810-12.

The locks are Grade ll* listed.

 

Foxton Canal Museum.

Located in the former boiler house for the inclined plane's steam engine.

 

Measham Pottery.

'Measham ware' or 'Barge ware' is associated with use on canal boats. Most 'Measham ware' was actually produced in Church Gresley, Derbyshire bewteen the years 1870 and 1910.

 

Foxton Locks are a staircase flight of ten locks. Two groups of five locks, with a passing pound in between, and side pounds. Brick with some stone.

 

The top lock has a single gate, followed by five chambers, all with double gates and footbridges. Beyond these, the passing pound, followed by a single gable and then five chambers descending, with double gates, the lower four chambers crossed by footbridges. Each chamber is brick lined and has an inset brick dated 1909.

 

Alongside the locks is the site of the Foxton Inclined Plane Boat Lift, built in 1900 to resolve the operational restrictions imposed by the lock flight. It was not a commercial success and only remained in full-time operation for ten years. It was dismantled in 1926, but a project to recreate it commenced in the 2000s.

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