Thames (West of London Bridge) Navigation Act 1810
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ANNO QUINQUAGESIMO
GEORGII III. REGIS.
Cap.204
An Act for amending, altering, and enlarging the
Powers of Two Acts, passed in the Fourteenth and
Seventeenth Years of His present Majesty, in rela-
tion to the Navigation of the River
Thames
West-
ward of London Bridge, within the Liberties of
the City of London; and for the further Improve-
ment of the said Navigation. [20th June 1810.]
W
HEREAS an Act was passed in the Fourteenth Year of His
present Majesty's Reign, intituled An Act
more effectually
to 14G.3.C.91.
improve and
complete
the Navigation of the River Thames,
Westward of London Bridge, within the
Liberties
of the
City
of London,
and to prevent any
Vessel
or
Barge
from being
moored
in Taplow Mill
Stream, in the
County
of Bucks: And another Act was passed in the
Seventeenth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act 17G.3.C.18.'
for
enabling
the Mayor,
Aldermen,
and
Commons
of
the City
of London to
purchase
the
present Tolls
and
Duties
payable for
navigating upon
the River
Thames, Westward of London Bridge, within the
Liberties
of the City
of London j
and
for
laying
a
small
Toll in lieu thereof for the
Purpose
of
more
effectually completing
the said
Navigation,
and
for other Purposes:
And whereas in several Parts of the River
Thames,
lying between Rich-
mond Bridge and the City Stone above Staines Bridge, the Navigation
of the said River is still greatly obstructed and retarded, especially in
[Loc, &f Per.] 50 C dry
4518
The
"Coi'po*
ration of
London em-
powered to
make Four
PoundLocks,
Chertsey
Lock.
Shepperton
Lock.
Sunburjr
Lock.
Teddington
Lock.
50°GEORGII III. Cap.204:.
dry Seasons, by Shoals and Banks of Earth, Sand, and Gravel, forming
therein, whereby a sufficient Depth of Water cannot be maintained
without incurring an enormous Annual Expence, to the Payment of
which the Tolls collected on the said River, under the said recited Act
•of the Seventeenth Year of His present Majesty, are inadequate: And
whereas the great Difficulties and Delays so occasioned in the said Na-
vigation* in the Places aforesaid, may be prevented by making and
maintaining such Pound Locks as are herein-after mentioned and de-
scribed, and by making and maintaining such Weirs, Excavations, and
Embankments in the said River, as are herein-after mentioned and
authorized to be made: And whereas the Provisions contained in the
said Acts of Parliament herein-before mentioned or referred to are not
sufficient to enable the making and completing the Works aforesaid;
and it is therefore desirable that further Powers for those Purposes
should be given to the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the
City of
London,
in Common Council assembled, and that the old Tolls
Should be repealed, and such new Tolls laid in lieu thereof as herein-
after are mentioned : But inasmuch as the same cannot be done without
the Aid and Authority of Parliament} may it please Your Majesty
that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King's most Excel-
lent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiri-
tual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled,
and by the Authority of the same, That it shall be lawful for the said
Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of
London,
in Common
Council assembled, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, by
themselves, their Deputies, Agents, Officers, Workmen, and Servants,
to make and complete, and maintain a Pound Lock in the said Rivei
Thames, to be navigable for Barges, Boats, and other Vessels, to the
Northward of the Entrance of the
Abbey
Mill River into the Rivei
Thames, near
Chertsey
Bridge, and which said Lock shall
_
be called
Chertsey Lock
/ and also to make and complete, and maintain anothei
Pound Lock, to be navigable as aforesaid, at that Part of the said
River
Thames
which is called or known by the Name of Stoner'sCut,
hear
Shepperton
in the County of
Middlesex,
and which said last men.
tioned Lock shall be called
Shepperton
Lock; and also to make 'anc
complete* and maintain another Pound Lock, to be navigable as afore
said, in the said River
Thames,
on the Surrey Side of the said Rivei
between the lower Part of
Scotland
Ait and the Lower Ferry at
Sunbur^
in the said County of
Middlesex,
which said last-mentioned Lock shal
be called
Sunbury Leek
; and also to make and complete, and maintaii
another Pound Lock in the said River
Thames,
to be navigable as afore
said, at or near, to
Teddington
m the said County of Middlesex, an<
which said last-mentioned Lock shall be called Teddington Lock; an<
also to make such and so many Weirs, Excavations, and Embankment
in the Bed and on the Sides of the said River Thames, between Rich
mond Bridge and the Stone above
Staines.
Bridge called the City Stone
as they the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, in Common Councj
assembled, shall think proper and necessary, for the more effectual Com
pletion and Maintenance of the Works aforesaid,-and for the more eas;
and commodious Navigation of the said River Thames: Provided always
that the said Locks so to be erected shall not be of less Dimension
than Oiie hundred and fifty Feet in Length, and Twenty Feet in Width
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