Pickett's Lock (lock)

Infobox Waterlock
lock_name= Pickett's Lock


caption= Looking south the lock and the lock-keeper's cottage
waterway = River Lee Navigation
county = London Borough of Enfield
Greater London
operation = Manual
length = convert|95|ft|m|0|lk=on
width = convert|19|ft|6|in|1
fall = convert|6|ft|5|in|m|0
maint = British Waterways
first = 1855
latest =
sealevel =
enda = Bow Creek
distenda = convert|10.5|mi|km|1|lk=on
endb = Hertford Castle Weir
distendb = convert|17.5|mi|km|1
map_

coordinates =
lat =51.62608
long = -0.032449
extra =

Pickett's Lock (No 15) is a lock on the River Lee Navigation in the London Borough of Enfield, England and is located near Edmonton, London. It gives its name to the surrounding area of Picketts Lock. In common with other locks as far as Ponder's End Lock it is large enough to take barges of up to 130 tons. However it has not been upgraded to power operation and so it must be manually operated. It has gate paddles but these do not have gate baffles to mitigate the rush of water into the lock.

History

The original lock was rebuilt following the River Lea Water Act of 1855, enabling a second Edmonton lock to be closed. [ Godfrey A. ( notes to) "Old Ordnance Survey Maps: London Sheet 2, Edmonton ( Pickett's Lock) 1894" Alan Godfrey Maps, ISBN 0-85054-967-1]

Access to the lock

The lock is situated on the navigation between the William Girling Reservoir to the west, Deephams Sewage Treatment Works to the east and close to the Lee Valley Leisure Complex golf course. The lock can be reached from Montagu Road, Edmonton via Pickett's Lock Lane which is part of the Pymmes Brook Trail. It can also be reached from the Lea Valley Viaduct via Lea Park Way and the River Lee's towpath which forms part of the Lea Valley Walk

External links

[http://www.londoncanals.co.uk/lee/lee03.html London canals- Pickett's Lock]

References