Playing by Old Ford Locks Print
Written by Peter Burgess   
Monday, 25 August 2008

The key controlled lock control panel
Control panel
Instead of a long introduction I guess it's the pictures that will tell the story.  The images from today's visit to Old Ford Lock certainly kept Tracy and I entertained for an hour or so and I was amazed at all the traffic coming through.  Apparently there is as much traffic on the navigation as there used to be.  I can well believe that with the amount of boats plodding through on this Bank Holiday.
Some of you may recognise the Lock Keeper's cottage from the Channel 4 early morning show, The Big Breakfast with Chris evans from the late 1980s and early 1990s.

 

 

A passenger on the boat takes control of the lock
Controlling the lock

A lesiure boat called Essex Buoy
Essex Buoy

An audio visual presentation of the locks in operation:

 

 



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