Lock Gates Collection

Lower locks, C & O canal, Washington, D.C. c.between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Unknown
Lower locks, C & O canal, Washington, D.C. c.between 1910 and 1920

Scene of the Late Accident at the City Canal Dock-Gates, Blackwall Point, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the Late Accident at the City Canal Dock-Gates, Blackwall Point, [London], 1856....the outer gates...have been under repair, and could not be used

Victoria Docks - general view, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Victoria Docks - general view, 1856. The whole of the south side of the Dock, comprising nearly a mile of water frontage, will be devoted to the accommodation of timber

General view from temporary tower on north end of approach wall looking south... July 18, 1913
General view from temporary tower on north end of approach wall looking south, Sea Gates Under Pressure, July 18, 1913. Locks under construction, Panama Canal

'The Manchester Ship Canal, lock gates at Eastham, 1891, 1891. Creator: Charles William Wyllie
'The Manchester Ship Canal, lock gates at Eastham, 1891, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Lock of the New Canal, Troyes, 1907. Creator: Gustave Leheutre
Lock of the New Canal, Troyes, 1907

On the Saimaa Canal, Finland, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
On the Saimaa Canal, Finland, between 1905 and 1915. View of lock gates. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Landscape (The Lock), 1820 / 25. Creator: John Constable
Landscape (The Lock), 1820/25

A Lock on the Stour, 1830. Creator: David Lucas
A Lock on the Stour, 1830

River Stour, 1831. Creator: David Lucas
River Stour, 1831

The industrial landscape on the Regents Canal, London, c1905. The Regents Canal, connecting the Paddington Canal and the Thames at Limehouse, was opened in 1820

Barge passing through St Katherines Lock, London. The entrance from the River Thames into St Katherines Dock, built by Thomas Telford in the 1820s

Plan of Canal Ascending Hill By Means of Locks, 1928. Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Plan of Canal Ascending Hill By Means of Locks, 1928. From The Mind of Leonardo Da Vinci, by Edward McCurdy. [Jonathan Cape, London, 1928]

Lock Gates, Blackburn, 1928 (1931). Artist: Charles John Holmes
Lock Gates, Blackburn, 1928 (1931). From The Studio Volume 102, [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1931]

Design for hinged canal lockgates by Leonardo da Vinci, 15th century (1956). A print from Things, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common

The SS Orbita, Panama Canal, early 20th century. Artist: J Dearden Holmes
The SS Orbita, Panama Canal, early 20th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Boulters Lock, 1936. Sights of Britain, second series of 48 cigarette cards, issued with Senior Service, Junior Member, and Illingworth cigarettes

Wookey Hole caves, 1936. Sights of Britain, second series of 48 cigarette cards, issued with Senior Service, Junior Member, and Illingworth cigarettes

Barton aqueduct, Manchester ship canal, 1936. Sights of Britain, second series of 48 cigarette cards, issued with Senior Service, Junior Member, and Illingworth cigarettes

Abingdon Lock, Oxfordshire, 20th Century. Postcard from The Souvenir Album, Views of London And The River Thames, From London To Oxford, (London, 20th Century)

Old Windsor Lock, 1880. Artist: Robert Taylor Pritchett
Old Windsor Lock, 1880. An illustration from Windsor Castle and the Water-Way Thither by W H Davenport Adams, published by Marcus Ward and Co, (London, 1880)

The St Martin canal, Paris, 19th century. Artist: A Martial
The St Martin canal, Paris, 19th century. The Canal St Martin is a 4 kilometre long artificial waterway ordered by Napoleon to supply water to Paris. It was completed in 1825

Flight of locks on the Saima Canal, Finland, c1900. A ship is descending the flight. On the left is a typical boatman. This canal, completed in 1856, linked Saima Lake to the Gulf of Finland

Dudgrove double lock above Lechlade, Thames and Severn Canal, 1814. Artist: William Bernard Cooke
Dudgrove double lock above Lechlade, Thames and Severn Canal, 1814. Dudgrove, about 3/4 mile from the Thames, was the second pound lock on the canal from where it connected with the river

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