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Picture of Lock 33, man stands along edge of lock

A berm is apparent at the upper end of this lock, resulting in the upstream gate part of the lock being raised higher than the top of the lock and the towpath going over the berm. Such a berm would have provided some protection to the lock and the canal below it when flood waters rose to the towpath level upstream from the lock. However, the berm is not high enough to provide much protection if the flood was a large one. The small white building between the towpath and the river is a lock shanty and it provided the locktender protection from the weather as well as a place to rest.