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a short way upstream of the present site. There were suggestions of a pound lock here as early as 1780, and various plans for a lock were proposed in 1820. These plans proposed cuts to the mouth of
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because of difficult navigation of the tight bends downstream. However, the present location was eventually chosen, with a timber lock built in 1838. With the regular traffic of boats from
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Boveney Lock, with a bridge across the
Portage to private mooring. Windsor Racecourse can be seen on the far bank
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here was built as a gravel conveyor for the building of Dorney Lake and is now a pedestrian bridge.
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is a village a little way upstream on the same side. The lock was first built in 1838 by the
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is almost parallel to the lock, running across from the other side of the lock island.
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1301:"Environment Agency Dimensions of locks on the River Thames"
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then joins the river from "The Cut" on the southern bank.
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1103:Above Boveney Lock, with Oakley Court on the left
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1167:crosses the river a little way below Bray Lock.
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1328:The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs
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1330:1920 - republished 1968 David & Charles
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1222:Rowing on the River Thames
1191:Boat slide at Boveney Lock
1177:Eton Excelsior Rowing Club
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1157:Summerleaze Footbridge
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140:26 miles (42 km)
1385:51.49038°N 0.64171°W
1243:Next lock downstream
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128:64 feet (20 m)
1390:51.49038; -0.64171
1231:Next lock upstream
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1087:Access to the lock
1073:Clewer Mill Stream
1034:Windsor Racecourse
1032:bank opposite the
854:(and boat rollers)
688:Clewer Mill Stream
71:Environment Agency
67:Maintained by
1326:Fred. S. Thacker
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1257:Boveney Lock
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1237:River Thames
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1171:Sports clubs
1149:Eton College
1137:Oakley Court
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1081:Queen's Eyot
1077:Eton College
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1026:River Thames
1018:Boveney Lock
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811:Boveney Lock
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593:Bray Marina
217:River Thames
181:Boveney Lock
133:Distance to
51:River Thames
26:Boveney Lock
18:
1388: /
1354:21 November
1311:18 November
1272:Romney Lock
1205:Thames Path
1183:Thames Path
1153:York Stream
1147:, owned by
1145:Queens Eyot
1117:Dorney Lake
558:Queens Eyot
529:York Stream
1403:Categories
1373:51°29′25″N
1282:References
1067:at Gill's
1065:flash lock
1376:0°38′30″W
1250:Bray Lock
1165:M4 Bridge
1121:Berkshire
1038:Eton Wick
343:Bray Lock
80:Hydraulic
77:Operation
1348:web page
1305:web page
1266:SU944777
1211:See also
1133:Dedworth
1125:Bush Ait
47:Waterway
1107:On the
1059:History
1042:Boveney
1024:on the
1113:Dorney
456:Bridge
190:Legend
101:Length
57:County
1069:bucks
1020:is a
109:Width
1356:2012
1313:2012
1203:The
1053:weir
1051:The
1022:lock
117:Fall
96:1898
88:1838
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