Aire And Calder Navigation, Selby Canal, Selby Lock is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1980. Canal lock.

Aire And Calder Navigation, Selby Canal, Selby Lock

WRENN ID
bitter-banister-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Country
England
Date first listed
14 November 1980
Type
Canal lock
Source
Historic England listing

Description

AIRE AND CALDER NAVIGATION 1. Selby Canal 5342 --------------------------- Selby Lock

SE 6232 7/38

II

  1. 1775-8. Engineer: William Jessop. Resident engineer: John Gott. Contractors: John and James Pinkerton. Massive ashlar kerbstones and retaining walls, splayed at either end. Iron bollards and mooring irons. Two wooden lock gates. Cast iron paddle mechanism embossed "John Sturge and Co. Bowling Iron Works. Aire and Calder Navigation 1828". History: Cutting on the Selby Canal began in 1775, and it was opened on 29 April 1778. Although John Smeaton had originally been retained by the company, he delegated the surveying to his assistant William Jessop (1745- 1814), who later became famous as the engineer of the Grand Junction Canal.

Listing NGR: SE6220632184

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