kitchen from which go forth
those demons of the river –
steam-launches’. Boulter’s
Lock, just east of
Maidenhead, first built in
1772 and then rebuilt in 1828,
was certainly a busy place in
Victorian times and the press
reported several ‘Alarming
Accidents’. On one Whit
Monday, 1,200 boats and
punts and 106 launches
passed through the lock and
several holidaymakers ended
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