Send, The Canal Lock 1909
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In 1651, Sir Richard Weston of nearby Sutton Place embarked on his great enterprise to create the Wey Navigation and make the river commercially navigable from Guildford to the Thames, by straightening out some of the many meanders in its course and installing pound locks. With the labour of two hundred men and the expenditure of £15,000, in nine months ten of the fourteen miles to Weybridge were complete. Over the next century this route formed the principal outlet for the timber, grain, wool and other products of the area centred on Guildford. The stacks of timber on the opposite bank (centre) show, in this view downstream to the lock, that even at the start of the 20th century the Wey Navigation had an important role to play in the local economy.
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