The Grantham Canal

A Collection of Photographs taken by Tony Clayton

2 - Woolsthorpe - The Bottom Four Locks


1 - The Trent to Cropwell Top Lock <<-- : -->> 3 - Woolsthorpe - the Top Three Locks


At the time of writing the restoration of locks 14 and 15 has been completed, and work is about to start on 13 then 12.
Muston Bridge

Muston Bridge 59, 2006

Muston Bridge

Muston Bridge 59, 2015

Woolsthorpe Bottom Lock

Woolsthorpe Bottom Lock 12, 2006.
The bottom four locks of the flight are outside Lincolnshire, so funding was not available for them to be restored at the time the other three were.

Woolsthorpe Bottom Lock 12

Woolsthorpe Bottom Lock 12, 2006.

Woolsthorpe Bottom Lock

The same view, 2015.

Woolsthorpe Bottom Lock

Woolsthorpe Bottom Lock 12, 2006.

Woolsthorpe Bottom Lock

The same view, 2015.

Woolsthorpe Lock 13

Woolsthorpe Lock 13, 1986.

Woolsthorpe Lock 13

The same view, 2015.

Woolsthorpe Lock 13

Woolsthorpe Lock 13, 1986.

Woolsthorpe Lock 13

Looking down Woolsthorpe Lock 13, 2015.

Woolsthorpe Lock 14

The very damaged Woolsthorpe Lock 14, 1986.
This lock has now been fully restored

Woolsthorpe Lock 14

Similar view of Lock 14, 2015.

Woolsthorpe Lock 14

Woolsthorpe Lock 14, 2015.

Woolsthorpe Lock 14

Woolsthorpe Lock 14 from below, 2015.

Woolsthorpe Lock 14

Looking towards Woolsthorpe Lock 14 from Stenwith Bridge 60, 2006.

Woolsthorpe Lock 15

Looking towards Woolsthorpe Lock 15 from Stenwith Bridge 60, 1986.

Woolsthorpe Lock 15

The same view from Stenwith Bridge 60, 2015.

Stenwith Bridge

Looking back from Woolsthorpe Lock 15 towards Stenwith Bridge 60, 2006.

Woolsthorpe Lock 15

Woolsthorpe Lock 15, 2006.
This lock has now been fully restored

Woolsthorpe Lock 15

Woolsthorpe Lock 15, October 20th 2015.
Restoration has started with demolition of the lock walls.

Woolsthorpe Lock 15

Worksite at Woolsthorpe Lock 15, 2015.

Woolsthorpe Lock 15

New spillway above Woolsthorpe Lock 15, 2015.

Woolsthorpe Lock 15

Woolsthorpe Lock 15, 2006.
The head of this lock is no longer the current limit of navigation on the isolated Woolsthorpe section.

Woolsthorpe Lock 15

Looking towards Woolsthorpe Lock 16 from above Lock 15, 2015.


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