> The "Ordnance Survey First Series" from Martins link > http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/ > > Shows something like two roundabouts just before the canal crosses the > river Gwash. They maybe for turning or loading boats. > I'm reasonably sure they would have needed to lock down to the river, > if so, the roundabouts could have been the lock weirs.
As I recall (I've got the book, but not to hand) there was an ingenious crossing on the level. The Stamford Canal got its water from the Gwash, not the Welland - one of the reasons it deserves to be called a canal rather than a river navigation. Richard
