Brian on Harnser has brought this to us :
> Trevor wrote on 01/06/2009 :
>> Ah - that explains a lot, Adrian, thank you for that :)
>> 
>> Reading back up this thread I can now see the difference between 'pond' 
>> and 'pound' - it stands out like a bright light and so I feel a bit of a 
>> twit now for not picking it up beforehand <g>
>> 
>> Just shows how we can often see only what we want to see .... and, if we 
>> care to admit it, I guess that it happens to most of us now and then - 
>> we just need to have our eyes opened and the error of our ways pointed 
>> out to us :-))>>
>> 
>> Thanks again,
>> 
>> Trevor
>> [PS - is it really wise to have our telephone numbers available for the 
>> world to see?]
>> 
>> Adrian Stott wrote:
>>> Trevor <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>   
>>>> Please would somebody care to explain exactly what is being talked about 
>>>> here - for example, is this simply a discussion about Foxton or does it 
>>>> concern *all* locks with a side pound?
>>>>     
>>> 
>>> Caen Hill has side pounds.
>>> 
>>> Bratch has side pounds.
>>> 
>>> Foxton has side *ponds*.  Not the same thing at all.
>>> 
> And Watford

On these lock flights apart from the top and bottom locks there are two 
paddles. A white one at the bottom of the lock which empties the lock 
into the side pond/pound and a red one which fills the lock from the 
side pond/pound.
Basically before you empty lock 1 going down, you draw the red paddle 
to fill lock 2, the water from lock one is then let out into the side 
pond/pound to replace the water used to fill lock 2.

-- 
Brian traveling on Harnser
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