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River Gipping Baylam Lock. Wall buttress had lower level timber tie each side with cross piece at rear and a tie higher up
River Gipping Baylam Lock. Wall buttress had lower level timber tie each side with cross piece at rear and a tie higher up		 Baylam Lock
Baylam Lock		 Baylam Lock Timber tie
Baylam Lock Timber tie		 Baylam Lock, timber tie
Baylam Lock, timber tie
Baylam Lock, Removing timber tie from side
Baylam Lock, Removing timber tie from side		 Baylam Lock, Removing timber tie from front, note tie position at higher level.
Baylam Lock, Removing timber tie from front, note tie position at higher level.		 Baylam Lock, timber tie removed
Baylam Lock, timber tie removed		 Thames & Severn Canal Eisey Lock, timber lock tie hole
Thames & Severn Canal Eisey Lock, timber lock tie hole
Eisey Lock, tie hole centre left of picture
Eisey Lock, tie hole centre left of picture		 Eisey Lock
Eisey Lock		 Eisey Lock timber plate at front of tie
Eisey Lock timber plate at front of tie		 Eisey Lock timber plate
Eisey Lock timber plate
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Max Sinclair 01-Aug-2009 18:33
In the 18th Century builders were not totally confident about brick and in houses, churches, Guildhalls, used timber lintels to spread the load.All Brindleys locks (Droitwich, Staffs and Worcs, Chesterfield ) were totally timber framed, bridges stood on elm tree abutments instead of stone for cheapness. I placed a copy of a contemporary engineers drawings with the Waterways Museum, Gloucester.Elm was used as it doesnt rot in wet conditions.
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