Monkey Marsh Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, at Thatcham, Berkshire, England.
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Monkey Marsh Lock was built between 1718 and 1723 under the supervision of the engineer John Hore of Newbury. The canal is administered by Canal & River Trust. The lock has a rise/fall of 8 ft 8 in (2.64 m).[1]
One of only two remaining working examples of turf sided locks on the canal (the other being Garston Lock[2]) of more than a dozen originally, Monkey Marsh Lock is listed as an ancient monument by English Heritage [3][4]
References
edit- ^ Pearson, Michael (2003). Kennet & Avon Middle Thames:Pearson's Canal Companion. Rugby: Central Waterways Supplies. ISBN 0-907864-97-X.
- ^ Shead, Jim. "All Change for the K&A". Waterways Information. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
- ^ Waterways Guide 7: River Thames & the Southern Waterways. Nicholson. 2006. ISBN 978-0-00-721115-9.
- ^ "MONKEY MARSH LOCK". Arts and Humanities Data Service. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Monkey Marsh Lock.
- Heale's Lock to Newbury on tonycanalpics.co.uk
See also
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