Thames Navigation Commission
The Thames Navigation Commission managed the
History
The first commission concerned with the River Thames was the
| Act of Parliament | |
 24 Geo. 2. c. 8 | |
| Dates | |
|---|---|
| Royal assent | 22 March 1751 |
The Oxford-Burcot Commission was reasonably successful. Thus, the permanent Thames Navigation Commissioners were appointed through a further Act under
The Thames Conservancy was established in 1857 to take over duties from the City of London because of falling revenue from boat traffic. Not long after, in 1866, it was considered best to have the navigation of the whole river under a single management, so the Thames Navigation Commission was subsumed by the Thames Conservancy.
- Boulter's Lock (1772)
- Hambleden Lock (1773)
- Hurley Lock (1773)
- Marlow Lock (1773)
- Marsh Lock (1773)
- Shiplake Lock (1773)
- Sonning Lock (1773)
- Temple Lock (1773)
- Caversham Lock (1778)
- Mapledurham Lock (1778)
- Cleeve Lock (1787)
- Goring Lock (1787)
- Whitchurch Lock (1787)
- Benson Lock (1788)
- Day's Lock (1789)
- Abingdon Lock (1790)
- Buscot Lock (1790)
- Godstow Lock (1790)
- Osney Lock (1790)
- Rushey Lock (1790)
- St John's Lock (1790)
- Pinkhill Lock (1791)
- Romney Lock (1798)
- Culham Lock (1809)
- Bell Weir Lock (1817)
- Clifton Lock (1822)
- Old Windsor Lock (1822)
- Cookham Lock (1830)
- Bray Lock (1845)
- Boveney Lock (1838)
See also
References
- JSTOR 40835641.
Further reading
- Oliver, Stuart (2006). "The desire to metabolise nature: Edward Loveden Loveden, William Vanderstegen, and the disciplining of the river Thames". In Heynen, Nik; Kaika, Maria; Swyngedouw, Erik (eds.). In the Nature of Cities: Urban Political Ecology and the Politics of Urban Metabolism. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-13420-647-6.
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