Rail Album - Weybridge Town Lock, River Wey Navigation. Part 1

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Weybridge Town Lock

River Wey Navigation

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The sign beside Weybridge Town Lock says this stretch of canal was opened in 1653. 22nd September 2009.

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This is the start of the canal section of the River Wey Navigation. The water to the right of the picture is the River Wey, and the photograph was taken from the bridge that gives the town of Weybridge its name. Through the bridge on the left of the photograph is the canal.. 24th January 2009.

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Looking back through the bridge at the start of the canal. 22nd September 2009.

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The sign on the bridge at Weybridge Town Lock was probably put there in response to more than one dangerous incident. 22nd September 2009.


	Weybridge Town Lock raises and lowers vessels by 5ft 6in.

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Another view of the lock gates and the bridge over the canal. 24th January 2009.

The view from beside the road bridge. In the foreground are the footbridge and the lock. In the distance the canal approaches Hamm Moor and Pelican Wharf. 24th January 2009.

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Beside the lock is a sluice that runs constantly. The water originates at Coxes Mill, where springs feed into the mill pond, which in turn feeds into the canal. 24th January 2009.

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Another view of Weybridge Town Lock from beside the road bridge. 24th January 2009.

A different view of the footbridge and road bridge over the cut. 24th January 2009.

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The gates at the Weybridge end of the lock. 24th January 2009.

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