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Torksey Lock sits just back from the River Trent, from here it connects with the Fossdyke.
The Roman built Fossdyke dates back to 120AD, making it the oldest working canal in England.
Cottam Power Station in the distance.
“Memories are the treasures that we keep locked deep within our souls, to keep our hearts warm when we are lonely.”
Slaymaker lock company was a manufacturer of locks founded in 1888, which for a time made steam powered automobiles. The company invented many unique inexpensive locks and were famous for their warded padlocks.
One morning I thought I would do my laundry. I didn't have laundry detergent, so I ran to the grocery store. Literally, I ran about 2km to the grocery store to buy soap. What is somewhat normal in America, going to the store in shorts, bright orange running shoes, and nappy hair - isn't so normal here. Amid all the stares, I picked up some laundry detergent, a sausage for breakfast, and started running back home.
It must have been quite the seen for everyone. An American running with laundry detergent in one hand and sausage in the other. My nappy hair blowing in the breeze while I run the 2km back home.
I load my laundry and close the door to the washing machine. Having been to a laundromat, I was prepared to pay for this cleaning service. Such simple tasks become complicated when you don't read German. Particularly when you lock you clothes inside. Everything is in another language so I am not sure how to get my clothes out. Turns out the machine takes special coins - not Euros. My clothes were trapped!!!
I pulled out a dictionary and started to translate any word I could find on the machine. The first word I translated suggested I put my clothes in a missile throwing device. Yes, a missile throwing device.
I had to walk another 2km to the office to buy these special coins. They were closed. Of course.
My clothes trapped and the day passing - I left them there. I have camped before, people will just have to deal with the smell.
An unrestored lock.
The Fourteen Locks were completed by 1798 under the direction of Thomas Dadford Junior, as part of an arm (the Crumlin Arm) to link the main Monmouthshire Canal established in 1792 and also engineered by Dadford Junior, (linked in 1812 to the Brecon Canal at Pontymoile to form the "Mon-Brec") with collieries and works at Risca. The flight of locks rises 167 feet (51 metres) in just half a mile (804 metres), and is regarded as one of the wonders of British canal engineering. At the inaugural committee meeting of the Monmouthshire Canal Company in 1792, Dadford requested 200 wheelbarrows, 6 dozen casting tools, and 6 dozen shovels for this mammoth task.
Two Number 4s Lock and Caledonia ,double head the first train ,on the Isle of Man 150th day, from Douglas to Port Erin.Photo'd near Port Soderick. .01/07/2023
This van was a mess! An old, rust-prone Mercedes van was parked partly on the sidewalk with this double lock system on the backdoor. Apparently the lock the van came with wasn't working properly anymore because another chain lock was installed.
Pretty futile if you ask me: the van was in such a bad shape, I bet that if you punched the thing somewhere on the side that a hole would appear easily and you'd enter the vehicle even quicker...
My trip back home from AZ. Some lock on some building in Santa Fe, NM.
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This is Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 62. This shot was taken up on the towpath trail looking down into the north chamber, looking east. This lock was originally built in 1855 and consisted of two separate chambers. In 1877 the south chamber was lengthed. The lock was abandoned in 1918. It is part of a town park that few people seem to know about . The towpath trail is maintained but the lock has deteriorated somewhat. The old lock is shrouded in weeds, just waiting for the day when water is restored to the Old Erie. The whole lock is there except for the gates but is not very visible, sort of hidden on a trail from French Road. It is located in Pittsford Plaza near Wegmans (near the very back, up the hill ) or along the trail from French Road approximately one mile north of the village of Pittsford, NY.
The lock of hair given to me by my first girlfriend who lived next to lock 74, Grand Union Canal
Whilst clearing my things from the attic of my erstwhile house a few years back I found a box of letters, diaries and other ephemera. This was tucked in the back of my 1974 diary completely forgotten. The letters went in the skip ... didn't have the heart to throw this in too, she must have gone to a lot of trouble to make it. www.flickr.com/groups/a_catalogue_of_small_things/
This is Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 53. This view is looking down the north chamber, . looking east, from the head of the lock. As you can see it was quite a bit overgrown even for mid April. The south chamber was there but it was impossible, it was totally overgrown. I tried to get a shot but it was a useless effort.