On 10 Feb 2009 as I do recall,
chris potter wrote:
> --- On Mon, 9/2/09, Harriet Bazley
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > What are lock platforms?
> Lock platforms were fitted to the lower offside of the lock entrance
> to make it possible to put down or pick up crew from a boat entering
> or exiting the lock. The lock abutments on the Bosley flight are all
> deeply rounded. In passed times it would have been very difficult to
> work a pair of narrowboats through the locks with a crew of two
> without the platforms.
Ah, I think I've come across those in the form of little brick niches at
the tails of locks with steps leading down to them....
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