Castle Mills Lock is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1997. Canal lock.

Castle Mills Lock

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
York
Country
England
Date first listed
14 March 1997
Type
Canal lock
Source
Historic England listing

Description

YORK

SE6051SE CASTLE MILLS 1112-1/22/128 (South side (off)) Castle Mills Lock

II

Canal lock chamber. Rebuilt in 1889. Gritstone with some concrete repair. Near the centre of the chamber there are recesses in each side wall, with grooves for stop planks. The double timber gates are a C20 renewal, but C19 cast-iron winding and paddle gear remains. HISTORICAL NOTE: the Foss Navigation Act was passed in 1793, and the canal was opened as far as Strensall in c1796. In 1859 York Corporation gained an Act to abandon the Foss Navigation except for just over one mile in York. In 1889 the Corporation rebuilt Castle Mills lock for Henry Leetham and Sons, flour millers, to take steam keels 97' x 18'6" carrying 230 tons. (Paget-Tomlinson EW: The Complete Book of Canal and River Navigations: Wolverhampton: 1978-: 126).

Listing NGR: SE6060551279

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