Lock Collection (page 7)

Berkshire map and inset photo of Boulters Lock, Maidenhead
A map of Berkshire (showing the area from Reading eastwards to Windsor) and an inset photograph of Boulters Lock - a lock and weir on the River Thames in England on the eastern side of Maidenhead

Russian Street Lock Seller and Locksmith, his wares hanging across his chest. Date: circa 1901

Record Rainfall - flooding at Brentford Docks
Record Rainfall in June 1903 - flooding at Brentford Docks. Date: 1903

Trollhattan, Southern Sweden - founded by the river Gota alv, at the location of Trollhattan Falls. The New Lock on the canal. Date: circa 1904

Passing through the locks at Fort Augustus, Scotland
The SS Cavalier passing through the locks on the Caledonian Canal at Fort Augustus (Scottish Highlands), Scotland at the south west end of Loch Ness. Date: circa 1910s

USaF B-24 Liberators bomb the Trystian Lock and the inner end of the eastern jetty at Dunkirk on 15 February 1943

EASTLAKE, Sir Charles Lock (1793-1865). English painter.; NAPOLEON I Bonaparte (1769-1821). French military man and politician, Emperor of France (1804-1815)

London Lock Hospital, Hyde Park
A view of the London Lock Hospital, Hyde Park. The hospital was opened in 1747 to treat patients with venereal diseases. Date: 1831

Dicky and Dolly

Valentines Postcard - Locked together
Two lovers are locked together by cupid - they all laugh at the thought of a locksmith being required to break them apart - this will never happen (hopefully....!)

Bude, the lock, Cornwall, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Eidsfos Lock, Telemarken (i. e, Telemark), Norway
Eidsfos Lock, Telemarken (i.e, Telemark), Norway. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Windsor, Boulters Lock, London and suburbs, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Loveid Lock, Telemarken (i. e, Telemark), Norway
Loveid Lock, Telemarken (i.e, Telemark), Norway. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Vuangfos (i. e. Vrangfoss) Lock, Bandak Canal, Telemarken (i
Vuangfos (i.e. Vrangfoss) Lock, Bandak Canal, Telemarken (i.e, Telemark), Norway. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

View from the fifth lock, Bromberg, Silesia, Germany (i. e
View from the fifth lock, Bromberg, Silesia, Germany (i.e. Bydgoszcz, Poland). Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Locks on a gate to symbolise love
Arkhangelsk (Archangel), Russia - Locks fastened to a gate to symbolise eternal love. 2010

La Rance, France - Chatelier Lock
A pleasure boat (heavily laden with daytrippers) navigates the Chatelier Lock at La Rance, France Date: circa 1910s

Pulls Ferry, Norwich, Norfolk, England Date: 1910s

Nancy the Narrow Boat
Carefree holidays afloat : The converted narrow boat Nancy. photographed soon after leaving Watford lock on the Grand Union Canal, Northamptonshire, England. Date: 1960s

HULL LOCK
Lock gates at Hull, Humberside, Yorkshire, England. Date: early 1980s

Happy Motor Boat Cruiser
A happy man on a motor cruiser in the lock at Stoke Bruerne, Grand Union Canal, Northamptonshire, England, with its old thatched Boat Inn, a famous hostelry. Date: early 1960s

Dutch Canal Official or Lock Keeper, sitting outside his office, smoking a cigar and wearing a fine pair of clogs. Date: 1910s

Fermentation Lock
A fermentation lock, used for brewing beer and wine, popular with home brewers! Date: 1960s

Foundation Stone
This rather amusing foundation stone, with its inscription of Wooden Box Lock Up House, 1846, is at Woodville Police Station, Derbyshire, England. Date: 1846

Marsh Lock, Henley
A busy scene at Marsh Lock, Henley upon Thames, Oxfordshire, England. Date: 1960s

OSNEY LOCK

England / Lingfield
The village lock-up, beside the road and adjoining the pond, Lingfield, Surrey, England. Here delinquents and the like were punished. Originally a wayside shrine. Date: 1930s

Jumping Sheepdog
Two schoolboys lock hands and a sheepdog is taught to jump inbetween them. Date: early 1930s

Pleasure Canal Boat Trip
Children on a school trip aboard a pleasure canal boat, in the lock at Stoke Bruerne, Grand Union Canal, England. The British Waterways Museum is in the background. Date: early 1960s

Bradford on Avon Bridge
The Chapel on the Bridge, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England, which over the centuries has been a chapel. a lock-up and a toll house. Date: 13th century

Russia, Volgograd - A lock on the River Volga
Russia, between Volgograd (Zaryzin, Stalingrad) and Rostov (Don). The bow of the RV Anton Tschechov in the Volga-Don Channel, entering a lock. Date: 2010

Upper Locks and Emergency Dams - Panama Canal at Gatun, Panama Date: 1923

Molesey Lock at end of boating season
Scene at Molesey Lock, near Hampton Court, Surrey, at the end of the boating season. 1892

France - La Bassee - The Vertical Lift Bridge
France - La Bassee (North) - The Vertical Lift Bridge Date: circa 1909

The Seven Ravens 2
The daughter opens the lock with her finger

Howes Sewing Machine
Elias Howes sewing machine was the first to employ the lock-stitch Date: 1845

Work Conditions
Management and labour negotiate during the South Wales lock-out Date: 1875

Boulters Lock, Thames, London
Some take to a boat on the river, others simply watch and stroll along the path at Boulters Lock on the River Thames, Maidenhead, England

A ship in a lock of the Panama Canal

Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal

Milaflores Lock, Panama Canal

Lock closeing behind a vessel

Miraflores Locks, Looking towards Gaillard Cut, Panama Canal

Panama Canal, in a lock

River landscape with cottage and lock

A leaf of a Lock Gate, Pedro Miguel, Panama Canal

Gates in East Chamber, Gatim Locks, Panama Canal

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