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Richmond Lock is managed by the Port of London Authority. Most of the Environment Agency's locks and weirs are staffed by a lock keeper, who often lives in a house adjacent to the lock. The lock keeper's duties involve both operating the lock, and managing the river levels above the lock by adjusting the weir openings.
There is a full list of locks and weirs on the River Thames. Pages in category "Locks on the River Thames" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total.
Above King's Lock 3.7: Moreton-in-Marsh ... The River Thames Book. Imray Laurie Norie and Wilson. ... ISBN 0-85288-892-9. Fred. S. Thacker The Thames Highway: Volume ...
Lock number Lock name Rise or fall of lock(s) (heading south) Co-ordinates Notes Salford Junction to Napton 64 Nechells Shallow Lock or Salford Shallow Lock – 52°30'21.4"N 1°51'30.5"W 7’ beam, gates removed 59 – 63 Garrison Locks or Saltley Locks +34’ 5” 52°29'08.6"N 1°51'47.7"W 7’ beam.
The distance between Benson Lock and Cleeve Lock downstream is 6.5 miles (10.4 km) - the longest distance between locks on the River Thames. [2] The weir runs from the lock island level with the lock across to the Benson side. There is a footbridge over the weir which replaced the ferry which operated here previously.
The following list numbers the locks from the River Avon in Bristol to the River Thames. It includes one lock that has been removed (98, Ufton Lock [5]) and two that have been combined to form a single deep lock (8 and 9, now Bath Deep Lock). [6] [7] Travelling from Bristol to Reading, locks 1 to 54 are uphill, and locks 55 to 107 are downhill.
The Port of London Authority (PLA) is a self-funding public trust established on 31 March 1909 in accordance with the Port of London Act 1908 to govern the Port of London. [1]
Between the Town Lock (or Weybridge Lock) and Coxes lock is the Blackboys footbridge by Blackboy Farm and, after a railway bridge, Coxes Mill in three Grade II listed blocks. [22] With its little island and accompanying weir which helps to drain the 5-acre (2-hectare) mill pond, Coxes lock is the deepest unmanned lock on the Navigation with a ...