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Southcote Lock

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Southcote Lock is a lock on the River Kennet at Southcote near the town of Reading in Berkshire, England. [1]

24 relations: Bath Road Reservoir, Berkshire, Bristol Harbour, Burghfield Lock, Canal & River Trust, England, Fobney Lock, Hampshire, John Hore, Kennet and Avon Canal, List of locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal, Lock (water navigation), Mothball, Newbury, Berkshire, Pumping station, Reading, Berkshire, River Kennet, River Thames, Southcote, Berkshire, Sowley Pond, Steam engine, Water wheel, Wire drawing, Wrought iron.

Bath Road Reservoir

Bath Road Reservoir is an underground reservoir complex in the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire.

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Berkshire

Berkshire (abbreviated Berks, in the 17th century sometimes spelled Barkeshire as it is pronounced) is a county in south east England, west of London and is one of the home counties.

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Bristol Harbour

Bristol Harbour is the harbour in the city of Bristol, England.

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Burghfield Lock

Burghfield Lock is a lock on the River Kennet at Burghfield in the English county of Berkshire.

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Canal & River Trust

Canal & River Trust was launched on 12 July 2012, taking over the guardianship of British Waterways (the previous government-owned operator) canals, rivers reservoirs and docks in England and Wales.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Fobney Lock

Fobney Lock is a lock on the River Kennet in the Small Mead area of Reading in the English county of Berkshire.

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Hampshire

Hampshire (abbreviated Hants) is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom.

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John Hore

John HoreAlternative spellings of Hore's surname include "Hoar" and "Hoare" (baptised 13 March 1680 – 12 April 1763Other sources give Hore's year of birth as 1690, and year of death as 1762) was an English engineer, best known for making the River Kennet and River Avon navigable.

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Kennet and Avon Canal

The Kennet and Avon Canal is a waterway in southern England with an overall length of, made up of two lengths of navigable river linked by a canal.

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List of locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal

Caen Hill, Devizes, forming part of locks 22-50. The Kennet and Avon Canal is a canal in southern England.

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Lock (water navigation)

A lock is a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways.

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Mothball

Mothballs are small balls of chemical pesticide and deodorant, sometimes used when storing clothing and other articles susceptible to damage from mold or moth larvae (especially clothes moths like Tineola bisselliella).

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Newbury, Berkshire

Newbury is a market town in Berkshire, England, which is the administrative headquarters of West Berkshire.

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Pumping station

Pumping stations are facilities including pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another.

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Reading, Berkshire

Reading is a large, historically important minster town in Berkshire, England, of which it is the county town.

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River Kennet

The Kennet is a river in the south of England, and a tributary of the River Thames.

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River Thames

The River Thames is a river that flows through southern England, most notably through London.

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Southcote, Berkshire

Southcote is a suburb of Reading in the English county of Berkshire.

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Sowley Pond

Sowley Pond is a 47.97 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), in southwest Hampshire, notified in 1971.

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Steam engine

A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.

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Water wheel

A water wheel is a machine for converting the energy of flowing or falling water into useful forms of power, often in a watermill.

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Wire drawing

Wire drawing is a metalworking process used to reduce the cross-section of a wire by pulling the wire through a single, or series of, drawing die(s).

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Wrought iron

puddled iron, a form of wrought iron Wrought iron is an iron alloy with a very low carbon (less than 0.08%) content in contrast to cast iron (2.1% to 4%).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southcote_Lock

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