The Hodder and Thirlmere Aqueduct Access Gates Compiled & Researched by the Nutters Mobile Surveillance Unit
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Main Types of Aqueduct Gates
Thirlmere Aqueduct : Most Numerous Type is Black flat row of prongs - stone stoops
Grid ref : SD524952 Standard Gate	Grid ref : SD 43849 99855 approx Unusual Gate type with bow, 4 in a row Grassgarth, Cumbria	Grid Ref : NY 33790 09496 Unusual Gate type at Tonguegill, gate on bridge near Grassmere
Grid Ref SD 53709 64425 (Caton) Unusual Thirlmere gate with Metal Stoops	Grid Ref : SD 524952 This larger ornate farm gate is seldom used.Only two seen so far	NY 34495 08492 On bridge near Michaels Fold,just north of Rydal Metal Stoops eith cylidrical tops
Round Top Gate Staves	Pointed Top Gate Staves

Hodder Aqueduct : Green flat row of prongs - stone stoops
	Grid ref : SD 61478 39979 On the Longridge Chipping Road - Parlick Pike in the background Associated with covers dated 1925

Hodder Aqueduct : Green peak shape prongs - concrete stoops
	Grid ref :SD 62458 41074 Taken on the Longridge Chipping Road - Parlick Pike in the background Associated with covers dated 1934

Hodder Aqueduct branch : Galvanised unpainted - concrete stoops TBA
Haweswater Aqueduct : Black flat row of prongs - concrete stoops
		It appears thar concrete stiles are sometimes used instead of gates,This one just North of Kendal.There was no other access to the field in which it was located other than via a gate.

Shap Pipeline : Wooden constucted gate and stoops (awaiting verification)
	Grid Ref : SD 53595 98350 Wooden Gate Note that the Shap aqueduct is a pumped supply and the others are gravity supplied

Unverified - Located in the Abbeystead area
	Similar ones seen with LVWB sign on, could be Lune Valley Water Board

Grassmere (Cumbria) Local Supply
	Grid Ref : NY 34040 09831 This gate was located round a settling / inlet tank same style as a standard thirlmere gate but taller