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Waterway | River Thames |
County | Berkshire |
Maintained by | Environment Agency |
Operation | Hydraulic |
First built | 1822 |
Latest built | 1954 |
Length | 54.55 m (179 ft 0 in) [1] |
Width | 7.36 m (24 ft 2 in)[1] |
Fall | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] |
Above sea level | 53 |
Distance to Teddington Lock | 20 miles |
Power is available out of hours |
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Old Windsor Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England on the right bank beside Old Windsor, Berkshire. The lock marks the downstream end of the New Cut, a meander cutoff built in 1822 by the Thames Navigation Commissioners which created Ham Island. The lock and a wider footbridge give access to the island. Two weirs are associated; the smaller adjoins and the larger is upstream. The lock is the ninth lowest of the forty-five on the river.