1 Aerial view of Kingswood Junction today
2 CRT sign on the bridge at Kingswood Junction. There explanation for building the cut is a long way short of the real story
3 Stratford engineers plan for the 1812 changes to the lock arrangements at Kingswood in order to keep delivering a lock full of water to the Warwick canal. Warwick weren't satisfied and took them to court
4 Original 1794 survey for the Kingswood junction. Under the old line of the canal the junction cutting would have been nearly 2 miles long.
5 Part of the 1799 survey for the revised line for the canal that took the Stratford Canal along its present route and much closer to the Warwick canal
6 Detail from the 1799 survey for the revised line for the canal that took the Stratford Canal along its present route and much closer to the Warwick canal
7 First page of the Book of Reference that accompanied the 1799 change of line
8 Extract from the Book of Reference that accompanied the 1799 change of line
9 Extract from the Book of Reference that accompanied the 1799 change of line
10 Extract from the minutes of the Stratford Canal company in 1793 showing the start of bad blood between the companies over who should compensate whom for the Kingswood Junction.
11 Extract from the minutes of the Stratford Canal company in 1816 regarding the "lock full of water" dispute
12 Kingswood Junction today. The lock on the right was constructed in 1818 to resolve the dispute with the Warwick company over the "lock full of water" and the cutting on the left was filled in. It remained so for nearly 200 years.
13 Kingswood Junction today
14 Kingswood Junction today
15 Kingswood Junction today
16 Lock from lower to upper basin
17 Reopening the 'short cut' between lower basin and Grand Union link c1990 (c) Mike Polgreen
18 Reopening the 'short cut' between lower basin and Grand Union link c1990 (c) Mike Polgreen
19 Reopening the 'short cut' between lower basin and Grand Union link c1990 (c) Mike Polgreen
20 Reopening the 'short cut' between lower basin and Grand Union link c1990 (c) Mike Polgreen