Editing Caversham Lock (section)

{{Short description|Lock and weir on the River Thames in Berkshire, England}}
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|lock_name = Caversham Lock
|image= An autumn afternoon at Caversham Lock - geograph.org.uk - 3264827.jpg
|caption= Caversham lock in 2012
|waterway = [[River Thames]]
|county = [[Berkshire]]
|maint   = [[Environment Agency]]
|operation = Hydraulic
|first    = 1778
|latest   = 1875
|length = {{convert|40.03|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="EnvAgency" >{{cite web |url=http://a0768b4a8a31e106d8b0-50dc802554eb38a24458b98ff72d550b.r19.cf3.rackcdn.com/geth0309bpgk-e-e.pdf |title=A User's Guide to the River Thames |pages=29–30 |year=2009 |work=PDF file |publisher=Environmental Agency |accessdate=7 November 2012}} Dimensions given in metres</ref>
|width = {{convert|5.46|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="EnvAgency" />
|fall = {{convert|1.82|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="EnvAgency" />
|sealevel = 120'
|enda = [[Teddington Lock]]
|distenda = 55 miles
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'''Caversham Lock''' is a [[lock (water transport)|lock]] and main [[weir]] on the [[River Thames]] in England at [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]], [[Berkshire]]. Both the lock and main weir are connected to '''De Bohun Island''' (colloquially known as Lock Island). The [[Thames Navigation Commissioners]] built the original lock in 1778. Additional sluices north of View Island and Heron Island form the whole weir complex. A footbridge, known as '''The Clappers''', passes over the weir and all three islands to connect Lower Caversham to Reading.

The weir is upstream of the lock and in the mid-channel. Kings Meadow, [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]], and buildings comprising homes and office blocks adjoin to the south of the lock itself. The island contains a typical lock-keeper's house, a crane depot, small boatyard, and large boathouse owned by the [[Environment Agency]] for occasional use by that authority and police in river patrol and maintenance of boats.

The head of water provided by the weir is used by [[Reading Hydro]] to generate up to 46&nbsp;kW of electricity.<ref name="overview">{{cite web |url=https://readinghydro.org/technical-summary/ |title=Discover our hydro-electric plant |date=31 December 2019 |publisher=Reading Hydro CBS |access-date=14 February 2022}}</ref>