Wootton Rivers Bottom Lock
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Wootton Rivers Lock, also called Wootton Rivers Bottom Lock, is a lock
on the Kennet and Avon Canal
, at Wootton Rivers
, Wiltshire
England
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Wootton Rivers Bottom Lock was built during the canal construction between 1794 and 1810 under the supervision of the engineer John Hore
of Newbury. The canal is administered by British Waterways
. The lock has a rise/fall of 8 ft 0 in (2.43 m). The municipality of Wooton Rivers has three more locks upstream, Heaty Close, Brimslade, and Wootton Top Lock.
It is a grade II listed building.
Lock (water transport)
A lock is a device for raising and lowering boats between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways. The distinguishing feature of a lock is a fixed chamber in which the water level can be varied; whereas in a caisson lock, a boat lift, or on a canal inclined plane, it is...
on the Kennet and Avon Canal
Kennet and Avon Canal
The Kennet and Avon Canal is a waterway in southern England with an overall length of , made up of two lengths of navigable river linked by a canal. The name is commonly used to refer to the entire length of the navigation rather than solely to the central canal section...
, at Wootton Rivers
Wootton Rivers
Wootton Rivers is a small village located between Pewsey and Marlborough in Wiltshire.-The village:The village and its church are built on what was originally the site of a Saxon manor house. At the start of the 14th century it came into the hands of the de la Riviere family, after whom it is now...
, Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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Wootton Rivers Bottom Lock was built during the canal construction between 1794 and 1810 under the supervision of the engineer John Hore
John Hore
John Hore was an English navigation engineer notable for engineering the River Kennet navigation in 1718.Born in Newbury, Berkshire to a line of maltsters, worked alongside his father. When his father acquired part-ownership of the River Kennet, he also invested...
of Newbury. The canal is administered by British Waterways
British Waterways
British Waterways is a statutory corporation wholly owned by the government of the United Kingdom, serving as the navigation authority in England, Scotland and Wales for the vast majority of the canals as well as a number of rivers and docks...
. The lock has a rise/fall of 8 ft 0 in (2.43 m). The municipality of Wooton Rivers has three more locks upstream, Heaty Close, Brimslade, and Wootton Top Lock.
It is a grade II listed building.
See also
- Locks on the Kennet and Avon CanalLocks on the Kennet and Avon CanalThe Kennet and Avon Canal is a canal in southern England. The name may refer to either the route of the original Kennet and Avon Canal Company, which linked the River Kennet at Newbury to the River Avon at Bath, or to the entire navigation between the River Thames at Reading and the Floating...