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  • Thumbnail for Weir
    A weir /wɪər/ or low-head dam is a barrier across the width of a river that alters the flow characteristics of water and usually results in a change in...
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    Caversham Lock is a lock and main weir on the River Thames in England at Reading, Berkshire. Both the lock and main weir are connected to De Bohun Island...
    7 KB (682 words) - 14:36, 27 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for Locks and weirs on the River Thames
    (234 feet). There are 45 locks on the river, each with one or more adjacent weirs. These lock and weir combinations are used for controlling the flow of...
    19 KB (1,780 words) - 18:15, 13 November 2023
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    The Nussdorf weir and lock are works of hydraulic engineering located in the Viennese suburb of Nussdorf at the point where the Donaukanal leaves the...
    10 KB (1,328 words) - 07:38, 23 June 2024
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    Bray Lock is a lock and weir on the River Thames in England near Bray and Dorney Reach, and is just above the M4 Bridge across the Thames. The lock is on...
    8 KB (822 words) - 21:19, 6 February 2022
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    Hurley Lock is a lock and weir on the River Thames in England, situated in a clump of wooded islands close to the village of Hurley, Berkshire. The lock was...
    7 KB (908 words) - 20:04, 17 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Teddington Lock
    Teddington Lock is a complex of three locks and a weir on the River Thames between Ham and Teddington in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England...
    23 KB (2,645 words) - 12:53, 18 June 2024
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    Shiplake Lock is a lock and weir situated on the River Thames in England between the villages of Shiplake and Lower Shiplake, Oxfordshire. It is just...
    7 KB (809 words) - 21:20, 6 February 2022
  • List of bridges in Cambridge (category Articles with short description)
    passing the weir at Jesus Green and the boathouses alongside Midsummer Common. Passing Chesterton, it turns north again and leaves the city, running a further...
    26 KB (1,984 words) - 21:22, 13 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Marsh Lock
    Marsh Lock is a lock and weir situated on the River Thames in England, about 1 mile upstream of Henley Bridge in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. The lock is...
    6 KB (691 words) - 21:19, 6 February 2022
  • Thumbnail for Boulter's Lock
    Boulter's Lock is a lock and weir on the River Thames in England north-east of Maidenhead town centre, Berkshire. The present 1912-built lock replaces...
    12 KB (1,434 words) - 00:36, 23 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Whitchurch Lock
    Whitchurch Lock is a lock and weir on the River Thames in England. It is a pound lock, built by the Thames Navigation Commissioners in 1787. It is on an...
    7 KB (762 words) - 21:20, 6 February 2022
  • Thumbnail for Goring Lock
    Goring Lock is a lock and weir situated on the River Thames in England at the Goring Gap in the Chiltern Hills. The lock is located on the Oxfordshire...
    4 KB (396 words) - 21:51, 31 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Feildes Weir Lock
    Feildes Weir Lock (No5) is a lock on the River Lee Navigation located in Hoddesdon. The lock is adjacent to the confluence of the River Lea and the River...
    2 KB (86 words) - 13:37, 24 August 2022
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    of three at this point. The lock lies at the end of Church Lane in Sandford on Thames. Upstream from the lock, the main weir connects the second island...
    12 KB (1,403 words) - 15:45, 27 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for Dobbs Weir Lock
    Dobbs Weir Lock (No 6) is a lock on the River Lee Navigation near Hoddesdon. The lock is south of the nearby Dobbs Weir, and stands close to the confluence...
    2 KB (107 words) - 16:16, 5 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sonning Lock
    Sonning Lock is a lock and associated weir situated on the River Thames at the village of Sonning near Reading, Berkshire, England. The first lock was built...
    6 KB (630 words) - 21:19, 6 February 2022
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    in 1793. The lock has a set of rollers to allow punts and rowing boats to be moved between the water levels. In addition the lock and weir streams there...
    6 KB (636 words) - 16:46, 2 December 2022
  • Thumbnail for Flash lock
    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...
    9 KB (1,016 words) - 15:24, 21 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mapledurham Lock
    Mapledurham Lock is a lock and weir situated on the River Thames in England, about 4 miles upstream of Reading. The lock was first built in 1777 by the...
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