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- A flash lock is a type of lock for river or canal transport. Early locks were designed with a single gate, known as a flash lock or staunch lock. The earliest...
- crosses the river to the Berkshire village of Pangbourne . There was a flash lock recorded at Whitchurch in the 16th century. The sketch map shows the main...
- at w****ends. There was a Flash lock in the weir here, referred to in the 16th and 17th century as "New Lock". The pound lock was opened in 1773, being...
- pound. In contrast, an earlier design with a single gate was known as a flash lock. Pound locks were first used in China during the Song dynasty (960–1279...
- ferry, and flash lock on the site were referenced in 1493 when granted to Notley Abbey. The pound lock opened in 1778, but the long promised lock house was...
- walkways. The earliest record of a flash lock is in 1580, but the lock and weir existed for some time before that. The pound lock was the third downstream of...
- place in 1827 when the old flash lock was brought back temporarily into use. By this time a lock house had been built. The lock-keeper from 1845 to 1878...
- travellers complaining of the excessive tolls at a flash lock on the site called Hameldon Lock. Both the lock and the weirs were removed in 1510 by order of...
- kept a flash lock. A report in a newspaper of 1674 tells how 60 people drowned in the lock when the ferryman rowed too close to it. The pound lock was built...
- Thames has been navigable since the 13th century. Blake's Lock was originally a flash lock known as Brokenburglok. In 1404 the Abbot of Reading Abbey...