Rushey Lock
Lock on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rushey Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England. It is on the northern bank of the river in Oxfordshire, at a considerable distance from any village, the nearest being Buckland Marsh, a hamlet on the road to Buckland to the south of the river.
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Waterway | River Thames |
County | Oxfordshire |
Maintained by | Environment Agency |
Operation | Manual |
First built | 1790 |
Latest built | 1898 |
Length | 34.59 m (113 ft 6 in) [1] |
Width | 4.59 m (15 ft 1 in)[1] |
Fall | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] |
Above sea level | 66 m (216 ft) |
Distance to Teddington Lock | 114 miles (183 km) |
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The lock was built in stone in 1790 by the Thames Navigation Commission. The weir is adjacent to the lock on the other side of the lock island.