Report - Lock 27 Pump house, Grand union canal. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. March 2014

[Southside UE]

Found this little place while having a stroll so thought i would take a nosey,
small and stripped out inside but a nice peaceful location.

No history on this site, other than it was originally a steam pumping station.

 

[pirate]

Lock 27 had 2 ponds either side which could hold a lock full of water,the rise is 8.1ft for this lock which is fairly high for a single lock.
Maybe the pumps were for using/filling water in the ponds.......this could speed up lock operation or allow for a bit extra in drought/low river situations

 

[PCWOX]

Nice one Southside. Interesting find that

 

[Rik UE]

Nice to stumble across something like this mate.

Nice photographs as well, mastered that camera now then

 

[Session9]

Nice Southside, good to see a bit to do with canals

 

[Southside UE]

Thanks for the comments, nice to find something a little different.

 

[Shagrat]

nice one mate