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- County_Lock abstract "County Lock is a lock on the River Kennet in Reading town centre in the English county of Berkshire. It is now administered by British Waterways as part of the Kennet and Avon Canal. Downstream from the lock is Brewery Gut, a particularly fast flowing, narrow and dangerous stretch of the river.County Lock has the lowest rise of the locks on the Kennet, as boats only rise or fall about 30 cm (1 foot) in the lock. The main stream of the Kennet flows down the weir on the far side of the lock, while another arm of the Kennet disappears under the Bridge Street Roundabout.The first County Lock was built between 1718 and 1723, during the navigation works undertaken under the supervision of the engineer John Hore of Newbury in order to create the Kennet Navigation between Reading and Newbury. Initially the lock was located on the north side of the river, adjacent to Bear Wharf, but it was relocated to its current location on the south bank as part of the Reading waterworks improvement scheme of 1876.The land on both sides of the river adjacent to County Lock was formerly part of the site of Simonds' Brewery. Brewery Gut takes its name from Simonds' Brewery, which once occupied land on both sides of the river at both lock and gut. In the days of horse haulage, this stretch of river had no towpath, and long tow line had to be sent down-river on a specially designed float. To add to the difficulty, at its narrowest the gut is only 25 feet (7.6 m) wide, causing strong currents. Boats cannot safely pass due to the tortuous and narrow route, and there have been instances in the past of boats colliding and sinking. Today passage through the gut is controlled by traffic lights.Simond' Brewery closed in the late 1970s, and most of the brewery buildings have been demolished. Around the lock itself they have been replaced by a mixture of apartments and offices, although the brewery's old stable building, which overlooks the lock, has been preserved and is now occupied by a Loch Fyne restaurant. The part of the brewery that enveloped Brewery Gut has been replaced by The Oracle shopping centre, and boats can be seen navigating through the middle of the Riverside Level of that complex, lined on both sides by restaurants and pubs.".
- County_Lock thumbnail County_Lock,_sunset.jpg?width=300.
- County_Lock wikiPageID "1874074".
- County_Lock wikiPageRevisionID "589417928".
- County_Lock downstream Blake's_Lock.
- County_Lock hasPhotoCollection County_Lock.
- County_Lock location "SU713729".
- County_Lock upstream Fobney_Lock.
- County_Lock subject Category:Locks_of_Reading,_Berkshire.
- County_Lock subject Category:Locks_on_the_Kennet_and_Avon_Canal.
- County_Lock point "51.45111 -0.973673".
- County_Lock type Artifact100021939.
- County_Lock type Device103183080.
- County_Lock type Fastener103323703.
- County_Lock type Instrumentality103575240.
- County_Lock type Lock103682487.
- County_Lock type LocksOfReading,Berkshire.
- County_Lock type LocksOnTheKennetAndAvonCanal.
- County_Lock type Object100002684.
- County_Lock type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- County_Lock type Restraint104081844.
- County_Lock type Whole100003553.
- County_Lock type SpatialThing.
- County_Lock comment "County Lock is a lock on the River Kennet in Reading town centre in the English county of Berkshire. It is now administered by British Waterways as part of the Kennet and Avon Canal. Downstream from the lock is Brewery Gut, a particularly fast flowing, narrow and dangerous stretch of the river.County Lock has the lowest rise of the locks on the Kennet, as boats only rise or fall about 30 cm (1 foot) in the lock.".
- County_Lock label "County Lock".
- County_Lock label "Écluse du comté".
- County_Lock sameAs Écluse_du_comté.
- County_Lock sameAs m.062vj0.
- County_Lock sameAs Q3577622.
- County_Lock sameAs Q3577622.
- County_Lock sameAs County_Lock.
- County_Lock lat "51.45111".
- County_Lock long "-0.973673".
- County_Lock wasDerivedFrom County_Lock?oldid=589417928.
- County_Lock depiction County_Lock,_sunset.jpg.
- County_Lock isPrimaryTopicOf County_Lock.
