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Streatley, The Lock And Weir c.1955
Photo ref: S221004
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Seen from the road bridge, its balustrades recently brutalised by the Oxfordshire County Engineer, the lock, rebuilt in 1922, is little changed, although the Victorian former lock-keeper's cottage is now painted white. The weir has been rebuilt recently.

An extract from Down the Thames Photographic Memories.

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