Bob Wood <[email protected]> wrote: >You appear to have completely missed Bru's point. The function of the >side ponds at Foxton is not related to the function of "the water >saving side ponds to be found beside some locks on the GU etc". They >perform the same function as those at Bratch and Caen Hill albeit >without the second set of gates between lock chambers.
As in "Bicycles perform the same function as cars, albeit without engines."? As I pointed out earlier in this thread, the Foxton side ponds *do* save water (compared to the amount that would be used if the flight did not have them). However, the use of the side ponds cannot be avoided when passing through the Foxton locks, whereas a single lock with a side pond can usually be passed through without using the side pond. In both cases, the device in question is a side pond - they are just different types. But neither is a side pound, because neither is a pound at all.. Adrian Adrian Stott 07956-299966
