The Grand Union

A Collection of Photographs taken by Tony Clayton


4 - Cowroast to the Great Ouse Aqueduct


3 - Hanwell to Cowroast <<-- : -->> 5 - The Great Ouse Aqueduct


Bulborne

Upper Icknield Way Bridge 133 at Bulbourne, 1981
A view from the cabin.

Marsworth Lock

Locks 42 and 43, Marsworth Flight, 1981

Marsworth Lock

Ascending Locks 42 and 43, Marsworth Flight, 1996
More paint in evidence this time, but none of the side-ponds now work.

Marsworth Lock

Ascending Lock 42, Marsworth Flight, 1996
Note our technique when travelling through locks with a narrowboat - as we were much faster we would leave the lock first and be in the next lock and held tight in to the side by the time the narrowboat arrived. With experienced crews this was the most efficient system, otherwise our light craft would be blown about while waiting for the others.

Marsworth

Lower Icknield Way Bridge 132 - Lock 39, Marsworth, 1981
The smaller arch on the left used to lead to a narrow lock alongside the present wide lock.

Seabrook Lock 35, 1985
Traces of the disused narrow lock can be seen to the left.

Seabrook Lock Cottage

Seabrook Lock Cottage by Lock 34 seen across the field from below Lock 35, 1985


The Grand Union

3 - Hanwell to Cowroast <<-- : -->> 5 - The Great Ouse Aqueduct
Grand Union Main Line Index


Linked Waterways

Wendover Arm
Aylesbury Branch


Other Canals

Grand Union and Branches Index
Canals of the East Midlands
Main Index



Grand Union - 4
Copyright reserved by the author, Tony Clayton
v6 1st March 2023

Waterways Ranking Button