Martin Clark wrote: > I have been out with a plumb line and tape measure to measure the fall > on Anthony Lock (Rochdale) and the two Ashton locks that are on the > list. Someone from BW measured Etruria top lock for me. I can find no > official verification of the depth of Tardebigge top lock. Several > sources give it as 14 ft, but the ever-faithful Nicholsons gives it as > 11 ft! I don't suppose anyone in that vicinity is able to measure it or > has any evidence for its fall? > > I would welcome any comments, especially if you think there are any > omissions or errors.
Stenson Lock (T&M) is reputedly 12ft 2in. Kegworth Deep Lock always feels deeper than Stenson, but I don't know the rise. John Gagg measured Tardebigge as 11ft 7in (WW April 1995). Oskemen Lock (aka Ust-Kamenogorsk) on the River Irtysh is 138ft (WW December 2005). :) Richard
