Victoria Lock And Ouse Lock

GOOLE AIRE STREET SE 7423 (east side, off) 14/50 Victoria Lock and Ouse Lock

GV II

2 locks. Ouse Lock under construction 1835, completed 1838 with later alterations by George Leather. Victoria Lock 1888. Ouse Lock of ashlar, Victoria Lock lined in blue engineering brick with ashlar coping, both with wrought-iron capstans and timber gates. Ouse Lock: approximately 105 x 15 metres. Rectangular with recesses to river end for gates. Rounded coping above ashlar lining to chamber. Timber gates with iron straps. 3 original capstans to east end and 4 to west end. Each capstan is approximately 1 metre in height and is a tapering fluted column with square base. Specifically built for steamships and one of the finest examples of its genre. Victoria Lock: approximately 180 x 15 metres. Rounded ashlar coping above brick lining to chamber. Timber gates with iron straps. Plain columnar capstans. Jackson G, History and Archaeology of Ports, 1983, p 161; Kelly's Directory of West Yorkshire, 1867; Porteous J D, Canal Ports, 1976, p151.

Listing NGR: SE7484623346