> From: "Mike Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [canals-list] Leisurely down the Stratford
> > On Monday, September 10, 2007 7:53 PM [GMT+1=CET], > >Keens, Graham, VF UK - Technology (RO) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I eased Jannock through the narrow ex-lock and then swung her > > right round to moor up at the water point to fill the tank. > > I'm not sure it's actully an ex-lock, even though it looks like one. That > bit of cut was opened in living memory (well, in mine),although it was a > re-instatement of the original line before the other branch of the branh > through its own lock was built. But unless the levels were changed at some > time, I dont see how there could have been a lock where you;re taking about. > > Well, unless it was a stop-lock to separate the waters of two different > canal companies. I don't recall offhand which company built the Kingswood > Branch. I seem to think it was the Stratford CC, in which case ths top lock > should have been at the Kingswood end rather than the Lapworth end. SO > parhaps the branch was built by the Warwick & Birmingham. Anybody know? > > Mike Stevens When the northern section of the Stratford canal was built it terminated at Lapworth. What are now locks 20 and 21 were not built, the piece that was re-opened some years ago was where the original lock was, built in 1802. When work was started on the southern section in 1812, what is now lock 21 was built, the basin area below was lowered and the 1802 lock was turned into a stop lock with guillotine gates. After disputes over water, in 1818, lock 20 was built and the stop lock was shut off. The branch connecting to the Warwick & Birmingham was built by the Stratford Canal Company. All of this courtesy of Alan Faulkner in 'The Warwick Canals'. Neil nb Ely http://www.canalshop.co.uk Secure online shop & waterways directory.
