It is the last lock upstream that is large enough to take barges of up to 130 tons.

Like other locks as far as Ponders End it is large enough to take barges of up to 130 tons.

We can't take barges, submarines, nothing right now.

The lock tender's job was to take barges through the locks and maintain their water level.

It was eventually upgraded to take 700-tonne barges in 1983, but the scheme was a little too late, as an anticipated rise in commercial traffic did not occur.

In common with other locks as far as Ponder's End Lock it is large enough to take barges of up to 130 tons.

I thought it might be of some minor interest to you to know that we will be taking barges to Dekhron, once the river flows finish subsiding.

While the company had hoped to have £1 million to fund improvements, there was no working capital, and the enlargement of the locks to take 300-tonne or 500-tonne barges did not take place.

This had been set at 40 tons in 1805, but with the clause removed, the navigation between the Thames and Tottenham was gradually rebuilt to take 100-ton barges.

The cost of construction was about £5000 and the completed canal could take barges of 60-70 tons.