Old Windsor Lock
| Old Windsor Lock | |
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Old Windsor Lock from the upstream side | |
| Waterway | River Thames |
| County | Berkshire |
| Maintained by | Environment Agency |
| Operation | Hydraulic |
| First built | 1822 |
| Latest built | 1954 |
| Length | 54.55 m (179 ft 0 in) |
| Width | 7.36 m (24 ft 2 in) |
| Fall | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Above sea level | 53 |
| Distance to Teddington Lock | 20 miles |
| Power is available out of hours | |
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Old Windsor Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England on the right bank beside Old Windsor, Berkshire. The lock marks the downstream end of the New Cut, a meander cutoff built in 1822 by the Thames Navigation Commissioners which created Ham Island. The lock and a wider footbridge give access to the island. Two weirs are associated; the smaller adjoins and the larger is upstream. The lock is the ninth lowest of the forty-five on the river.