Thames Conservancy
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The Thames Conservancy was a body responsible for the management of that river in England. It was founded in 1857 to replace the jurisdiction of the City of London up to Staines. Nine years later it t
A boundary marker of the Thames Conservancy at grid reference TQ092664 about 100 metres upstream from the bridge at Walton-on-Thames.
The Victoria Embankment under construction in 1865
Mapledurham Watermill was one of the 28 mills still operating in 1866
The waterworks buildings at Hampton
Sunbury Lock
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Sunbury Lock is a lock complex of the River Thames in England near Walton-on-Thames in north-west Surrey, the third lowest of forty four on the non-tidal reaches. The complex adjoins the right, southe
Thames Conservancy
…to Penton Hook at the beginning of the 19th century. They also used material from the demolished Old London Bridge to support the embankments between Sunbury and Shepperton. However trouble arose around 1840 when the government proposed building the Victoria Embankment and the Crown claimed title to the river…
Sunbury lock with boats in the older hand-operated lock. The new lock is on the right
Looking towards Sunbury weir and lock from a skiff
Walton riverside from the river