Saturday 15 February 2014

The date is 1909, but where am I?

6 comments:

KevinTOO said...

In a lock chamber and decending by the look of it... LOL

Halfie said...

Yes, in a lock chamber, but can you guess where? I'm hoping the date might give a clue. (I was actually ascending.)

KevinTOO said...

Well at least I got it 50% right LOL

eeyore said...
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eeyore said...

FOXTON LOCKS 1810-12, restored 1909. Brick with some stone. . . . . Each chamber is brick lined and has an
inset brick dated 1909. Grand Union Canal, engineered by Benjamin Bevan,
completed in 1814.

All nicked from: http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-191334-foxton-locks-grand-union-canal-leicester

Halfie said...

Spot on, Eeyore. I was hoping that the date would be sufficient for someone to link that with the short-lived Foxton Inclined Plane and the re-opening of the locks it was built to replace.