--- In [email protected], "jhar1945" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >
> > > The wide T & M locks are of a completely different design to all (as > far as I know) other wide locks. On these the ground paddles empty > directly from under the cill rather than from the side wall, thus > opening same side ground paddle would tend to throw the boat away from > the lockside rather than holding it a the side entry ones do. > John > When the Basigstoke Canal was restored at least some of (ie at least all the ones I worked on) the locks were built so that the ground paddles empty from under the cill. Tim
