Black Sluice Navigation - Helpringham Eau Junction

The South Forty-Foot Drain, also known as the Black Sluice Navigation, is the main channel for the land-drainage of the Black Sluice Level in the Lincolnshire Fens. It lies in eastern England between Guthram Gowt and the Black Sluice pumping station on The Haven, at Boston. The Drain has its origins in the 1630s, when ...

The Witham Navigation has junctions with the Sleaford Navigation (junction at Chapel Hill), Horncastle Navigation (derelict but restoration proposed), the Witham Navigable Drains (junction at Anton's Gowt), with Black Sluice Drain ( below Grand Sluice Lock, on the tidal section) and with a number of other small drains and ...

Bourne Eau is a short river which rises in the town of Bourne in Lincolnshire, England, and flows in an easterly direction to join the River Glen at Tongue End. It is an embanked river, as its normal level is higher than that of the surrounding Fens. It was navigable in the 18th and 19th century, but now forms an important part of ...

The Roman Morton-Bourne Canal was maybe the earliest navigation from Bourne to the Sea. ... The Eau, a three and a half mile navigation carried goods to the River Glen and on to Fosdyke connected to the sea via the Wash. ... Mr Peter Sharpe gave me some information about the lock that was near the Glen junction.

The River Witham is a river almost entirely in the county of Lincolnshire in the east of England. It rises south of Grantham close to South Witham at SK8818, passes Lincoln at SK9771 and at Boston, TF3244, flows into The Haven, a tidal arm of The Wash, near RSPB Frampton Marsh. The name "Witham" seems to be  ...

Description of Middle Level - Old River Nene: Runs 26 miles from Mere Mouth, where it joins Bevill's Leam and Black Ham Drain, to Outwell, the junction with Well Creek. For the History of this waterway see the History page. Waterway Group: This waterway is part of the Middle Level Navigation. Navigation Authority : ...

Both the Bourne Eau and the Glen were affected by flooding, causing failure of the banks, which was addressed in the Black Sluice act of 1765. The history of navigation is intimately tied up with that of the Bourne Eau, since Bourne was the main centre of population above Spalding. The Bourne Eau act of 1781 appointed ...

The upper part of this navigation is only suitable for light craft and canoes. The river was navigable as far as Stamford, ... The river Glen joins the Welland at Sufleet Sluices and is navigable for 11.5 miles (18.5 km) to Tongue End and the junction with the now unnavigable Bourne Eau. There are two locks, one at Spalding on ...

The North Forty Foot joins the South Forty Foot in the western outskirts of Boston and together their waters enter the Haven through the Black Sluice. ... Fen PS) Helpringham Eau Engine Drain (Helpringham PS) Sleaford - Spalding Railway bridge Donington North Ing PS Helpringham Beck Twenty Foot Drain (Swaton PS ) ...

Introduction. The original North Kesteven Strategic Flood Risk Assessment, ( SFRA), was published in. September 2002 and has subsequently been used to inform the Council's planning policies. However, it only provided flood risk assessments of twenty-six separate potential development areas throughout North Kesteven ...