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Posted: 27 Jul 2013

Taken: 05 Jun 2011

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British Waterways •
Canal and River Trust •
crap •
eyesore •
ugly •
landing •
jetty •
pontoon •
Castle Mill Stream •
Thames •
river •
barrage •
Isis Pool •
Isis Lock •
Rewley •
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Hythe Bridge Moorings •
Oxford •
Oxfordshire •
England •
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ruining the Isis Pool

ruining the Isis Pool
British Waterways (Canal & River Trust) new pontoon and barrage ruining river views at the Isis Pool, Oxford
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Mike Hamblett says: "The turning pool below Isis Lock is one of the beautiful places in Oxford. A view not appreciated by British Waterways, who have just finished spoiling the appearance of this place with a floating pontoon and a barrage of rubber barrels.

It has been described as 'container port engineering'; everything is overspecified, badly designed and ugly and is actually causing problems for the larger boats which turn there.

At Isis Lock, the cast iron bridge is an example of how the canals were built with attention to
function and appearance: qualities overlooked by the recent vandalism by British Waterways.

British Waterways clutter

A large sum of money has been squandered (over £100,000) when we all know of other more urgent requirements. It's annoying that they washed their hands of the Castle Mill Boatyard and it's left in that state while they ruin the charm of the Isis Pool with something that was not wanted.

Boats have been turning here for over two hundred years, nobody round here saw a need to spend scarce resources on this area. We also question if they have a legal right to block a part of the river that has always had boat traffic.

We are asking the Council, the Preservation Trust and Civic Society to look at this with the aim of reducing the scale of this ridiculous 'blot on the landscape'."
10 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
 Isisbridge
Isisbridge club
before
river path at Hythe Bridge

canalside home by the river

after
British Waterways spoil the view
10 years ago. Edited 3 years ago.
 Isisbridge
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Mark Davies says: "Both structures are, to any casual observer, of an inappropriate scale
for the location. The pontoon now dominates the northerly view from the towpath of one of
the most attractive and historic locks in the country. But it is the so-called boom - more of a barrage, given its size - which is the most offensive visually."

British Waterways eyesore boom

eyesore boom at Isis Pool
3 years ago. Edited 16 months ago.

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