River Stort – Lock 4 - Tednambury Lock - Gaston Green, UK
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ntpayne
N 51° 49.807 E 000° 09.955
31U E 304721 N 5745941
This is lock 4 on the River Stort.
Waymark Code: WMVPKR
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/15/2017
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This is lock 4 on the River Stort, known as Tednambury lock. Like all locks on this river it is 13 feet wide; this is unusual as it is wider than a normal narrowbeam lock but not as wide as normal broadbeam canal locks.
The River Stort was never a significant commercial success but, fortunately for boaters, remains open to this day. It is an extremely pretty river and can get very narrow and bendy in places.
The river was opened to navigation in 1769 and had had various owners over the years and became part of the Lee Conservancy in 1911.
It is felt that if the proposed link from Bishop’s Stortford to Cambridge was ever built it would have been a prosperous waterway affording access from the Fens down to London.
The navigable River Stort is 14 miles long and has 15 locks.
Waterway Name: River Stort
Connected Points:
The navigable River Stort starts at Bishop’s Stortford and travels down to its junction with the River Lee at Roydon. There are no arms or other waterways off the River Stort.
Type: Lock
Date Opened: 01/01/1769
Elevation Difference (meters): 2.00
Site Status: Operational
Web Site: [Web Link]
Date Closed (if applicable): Not listed
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