On Monday, September 10, 2007 8:53 PM [GMT+1=CET], Neil Ratcliffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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'. Which I could have looked up if had bothered to get up off my bottom end! Thanks for saving me the trouble. Mike Stevens narrowboat Felis Catus III web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk No man is an island. So is Man.
