British Waterways eyesore sign
adding insult to injury
British Waterways clutter
winter at Isis Bridge
winter shadows at the lock
narrowboat in Isis Lock
waiting for the water to rise
autumn in the lock
autumn leaves at Isis Bridge
winter night at Isis Lock
Isis Lock in winter
winter night at Isis Bridge
night-time coal delivery
snowy night at Isis Lock
canal boat coalman in winter
Isis Lock and bridge
last lock on the Oxford Canal
Isis Bridge side bridge
summer at Isis Bridge
bridge in autumn
December sun at Isis Bridge
Isis Bridge in April
where canal meets the Thames
Swan Family at Isis Bridge
ugly Canal & River Trust jetty
returning through the lock
Phoenix in the lock
daffs at Isis Lock
river barrage near Thames Lock
British Waterways eyesore jetty and river boom
ugly boom and jetty at Isis Lock
British Waterways trash
erecting the Isis Lock pontoon
erecting the pontoon at Isis Lock
the "Isis Pool" at Oxford
Isis Lock landing
clematis at Isis Bridge
spring green at Isis Lock
another view of Isis Bridge
Thrush Steamer (part three)
full canal at Isis Lock
coal merchant boat at Isis Lock
opening the lock gate
coming through Isis Lock
Dusty the coal merchant
waterways coalman
closing the lock gate
Dusty's coal boat at Isis Lock
gas delivery boat
autumn at Isis Bridge
kyakers at Isis Bridge
April green at Isis Lock
snow at Isis Bridge
holiday on the canal
coming through Isis Lock
Bing pre-2010 aerial view of the Isis Pool
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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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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.
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'."
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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."
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