Romney Lock
Lock on the River Thames in Berkshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Romney Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England near Windsor and Eton, about half a mile downstream of Windsor Bridge. It is on the Windsor side of the river next to a boatyard and adjoins Romney Island, a long strip-shaped ait in the middle of the river. The first lock was built by the Thames Navigation Commission in 1798.
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Waterway | River Thames |
County | Berkshire |
Maintained by | Environment Agency |
Operation | Hydraulic |
First built | 1798 |
Latest built | 1980 |
Length | 78.50 m (257 ft 7 in) [1] |
Width | 7.45 m (24 ft 5 in)[1] |
Fall | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)[1] |
Above sea level | 60 feet (18 m) |
Distance to Teddington Lock | 23 miles (37 km) |
Power is available out of hours |
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The weir is some distance upstream near the end of Romney Island and runs across the river to Cutlers Ait. A small 200kW hydroelectric generation station was installed in 2011 to supply electricity to Windsor Castle.[2][3]