Garston Lock (grid reference SU655707) is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal. It is near the M4 motorway and near Reading, England. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Canal locks in England. ... The canal at Bathampton, near Bath The Kennet and Avon Canal is a canal in southern England. ... The M4 motorway is a motorway in England and Wales linking London and west Wales via Bristol. ... Reading is a town and unitary authority (the Borough of Reading) in the English county of Berkshire. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Garston Lock was built between 1718 and 1723 under the supervision of the engineer John Hore of Newbury, and this stretch of the river is now administered by British Waterways and known as the Kennet Navigation. It has a rise/fall of 7ft 7ins (2.29m).^[1] // The Funj warrior aristocracy deposes the reigning mek and places one of their own ranks on the throne of Sennar. ... Events February 16 - Louis XV of France attains his majority Births February 24 - John Burgoyne, British general (d. ... British Waterways sign near Gas Street Basin on the BCN. British Waterways is a government body sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the Scottish Executive in the United Kingdom. ...

This is the only remaining example of a working turf sided lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, the others being removed because of safety fears^[2] and one of only two surviving turf-sided locks in Britain. This early lock design was most often used on river navigations in the early 1700s, before the advent of canals. As one source puts it: "The sides of the turf-lock are sloping so, when full, the lock is quite wide. Consequently, this type of lock needs more water to operate than the now more common brick or stone-sided variety."^[3]

The two sets of lock gates work differently: the upper set operates via a mechanical system, while the lower gates are hydraulic.^[4] The top part of the lock chamber has sloping banks which are covered by vegetation of various types rather than by turf. An arrangement of steel rails ensure that boats stay in the centre of the lock^[5] during the rise/fall of 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m).

The lock is a grade II* listed building.^[6] Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ...

Two pillboxes dating from World War II at the northwest^[7] and southeast ^[8]corners of the lock, which were built as anti tank defences, are also listed buildings. A bunker is a defensive warfare fortification to protect oneself. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...

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See also

• Locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal