River Great Ouse Navigation Lock
Commemorative Plaque
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Commemorative stone by the set of navigation lock gates, leading from the Embankment canalised stretch of the river to the natural river, Mill Meadows, giving access from
Bedford to the river route which leads to the North Sea at Kings Lynn. Erected in 1978.
The inscription reads:
Restoration of Navigation
of the River Great Ouse
commemorated by
the Mayor of North Bedfordshire Borough
Councillor P. Hooley
27th May 1978
Anglian Water Authority. Great Ouse Restoration Society.
North Bedfordshire Borough Council
© Photo by Stuart Antrobus
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