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D27193. Godmanchester Lock on the River Great Ouse in Cambridgeshire, eastern England.
Friday, 9th August, 2024. Copyright © Ron Fisher 2024.
Inside the second story of an abandoned house, I found this hallway, two connecting bedrooms, and a small attic space all hidden away behind a bedroom closet door that locked from the outside. Extremely creepy.
In Paris all the way across the pedestrian bridge (Pont des Arts) leading to the Louvre museum, you will see an endless row of locks with couples names or initials. Seems to be a romantic gesture of endless love that can be found in cities from Rome, Italy all the way to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
"My heart to you is given:
Oh, do give yours to me;
We'll lock them up together,
And throw away the key."
(Frederick Saunders)
I'm so busy with preparations for our vacation... Have nice Thursday!
The lock on the Kennet and Avon canal at Wootton Rivers. We had just had lunch at the Royal Oak having seen a sign a couple of miles away in Savernake Forest and took the detour. Well worth going there.
Taken from the bridge over the canal in Sallins, kildare. Originally I was shooting towards the boats on the other side and decided to give the darker and less congested side a scope out. Turns out it was better than expected
Just a random object hanging from a hook on the edge of my fireplace.
Why?
Because it was a random object that my mother had hanging near hers.
Do I need a better reason than that?
The Kirkfield Lift Lock is a boat lift located in the city of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada, near the village of Kirkfield. It is designated "Lock 36" of the Trent-Severn Waterway, situated at the highest section of the canal (256.2 m).[1] It is Canada's second lift lock, the other one is the Peterborough Lift Lock, located on the same canal system.[2]
Construction of the lock took place between 1900 and 1907.[2] It was contrived by Richard Birdsall Rogers, a Canadian engineer, who adopted the design of the Lifts on the old Canal du Centre in Belgium. The concept of the hydraulic lift lock had never been implemented in the harsher Canadian climate prior to the construction of the Peterborough Lift Lock, also designed by Rogers. The successful completion of the locks was therefore considered a significant technological breakthrough.
Modernization[edit]
During the late 1960s, the Kirkfield Lift Lock underwent a series of renovations. The original manual controls were electrified and automated, enabling all lock operations to be activated from a single console in the new control tower. The water-driven gate engines and pumps were removed, as well as the retaining walls, concrete piers, and the steel aqueduct. The shops and lockmaster's houses built along the canal were also demolished. The lock was reinforced with a massive concrete structure; a new two-lane underpass was constructed underneath.
Source Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkfield_Lift_Lock
Trent Lock is the area of canal locks around the point where the River Soar (flowing northwards) meets the River Trent (at this point flowing east). Near this point two canals also meet the Trent - the Erewash Canal, coming south-east from Long Eaton, and the short Cranfleet Cut which provides a route for boats heading downstream on the Trent, avoiding a weir.
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