On 1 Jun 2009, at 19:13, Nick wrote:
> Indeed, I've long theorised that the reason for Bratch is that
> Brindley
> hadn't invented the staircase with side po[u]nds, so put the extra
> gates in.
>
I saw somewhere recently (will try and remember where overnight) that
Bratch was originally a conventional 3 lock staircase, with
consequent waste of water, and that it was converted to its present
form. In which case, it would be an intermediate, not between the
ordinary flight and the staircase, as is usually claimed, but between
the simple, water inefficient staircase and the Foxton/Watford type.
All the best
Bruce
"The superior man knows what is right, the inferior man knows what
will sell" Analects of Confucius, circa 500 BCE
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