black plaque · London
Black plaque № 71887

Hydraulic Lock Gate Engine This machinery was installed in 1902, at the time the Greenland Lock was enlarged, to open and shut one of the lock gates by high pressure water power. It was heated by gas in winter to stop the water freezing.
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