Burghfield Lock is a lock on the River Kennet at Burghfield in the English county of Berkshire.
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Burghfield Lock was built between 1718 and 1723 under the supervision of the engineer John Hore of Newbury, and this stretch of the river is now administered by the Canal & River Trust and known as the Kennet Navigation. It has a rise/fall of 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m).[1]
The lock was restored in 1968 by a collaboration involving staff from British Waterways and volunteer labour.[2]
References
edit- ^ Pearson, Michael (2003). Kennet & Avon Middle Thames:Pearson's Canal Companion. Rugby: Central Waterways Supplies. ISBN 0-907864-97-X.
- ^ "Kennet & Avon Canal". Inland Waterways Association. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
See also
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