>   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


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