Photograph Notes: Former Clayton and Shuttleworth Offices. Brick built Flat roofed offices with Clayton and Shuttleworth Ltd in white brick on the parapet. At least it did say that until the eastern four bays were demolished between August 2015 and May 2016. (It is not clear if the City Council own the former Stamp End Works land occupied by Starglaze but the demolition of part of the offices was the part standing on land now occupied by Starglaze�s carpark. Ironically the footprint of the demolished building is mostly unused for parking.) 1885 Institution of Mechanical Engineers has an article that states �The commodious block of offices was built in 1860 on the newly acquired site, and was considerably enlarged in 1878�. This is consistent with the 1887-88 Town Plan that shows a building on the same footprint extending both east and west of the existing building. The west fa�ade appears to be in a newer brick and truncation occurs between the 1967-82 and 1985-90 OS maps. The fenestration is modern uPVC having been replaced in 2001. Stamp End Lock and Weir, Witham Navigation, Stamp End/Waterside South. The Witham Navigation is 36.5 miles (58.7 km), of which 4.3 miles (6.9 km) is tidal below Grand Sluice Lock; the Navigation has three locks. The maximum size of boat that can navigate the Waterway is; length: 66' 3" (20.2 metres) - Stamp End Lock, and beam: 15' 3" (4.64 metres) - Torksey Lock. The Glory Hole limits height to 2.8m for boats to or from the Fossdyke Navigation and Brayford Pool. The Witham, was originally tidal up to Lincoln, and an important navigation in Roman times. Langley Edwards of King's Lynn was appointed engineer after the 1762 act of parliament approved the canalisation of the river. The Grand Sluice was the major construction which maintained the height of water above Boston to near normal high tide level at a cost of �42,000. Work on the three locks and other work connected with navigation cost �6,000 and continued until 1771. By 1802 the state of the navigation had deteriorated and in 1808 a new act of parliament authorised work and the Stamp End and Bardney locks were rebuilt. (An 1831 account of navigable rivers refers to the �Place where the Old Stamp End Lock formerly stood�. It is probably the case that the old lock was used as a stop whilst the new lock was built in a slightly different location. - An alternative route was provided, utilising the Sincil Dyke and the South Delph during the works). Stamp End Lock unusually has a guillotine upper gate that was installed in 1950 but at the east end the lock still has unusual curved gates. There are traffic lights on the short section between Brayford Pool and Stamp End Lock, which are used to indicate the state of the river in times of flood. Green indicates that flows are low or normal, and boats can proceed along this stretch. Red indicates that flows are high and that great care is required. Flashing red indicates that flows are very high and boats must not use the section. October 2019 to January 2020 contractors JBA Bentley, working on behalf of the Environment Agency, replaced the sluices at Stamp End.
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