Progress on the Restoration of Snakeholme Lock

Snakeholme lock was in the 1700's the first of the four locks to be built on the Driffield Canal, the River/Navigation was tidal up to Snakeholme. Snakeholme lock was a staircase lock (two locks) allowing keels to enter the Driffield canal on low tides. It also had a swing bridge at the tail of the top lock, the swing bridge is at present a fixed bridge. At some time it the future the fixed bridge will have to be replaced by a swing bridge to allow craft with air drafts over 7 feet to use the lock (present head room below the fixed bridge is approximately 7ft).
Proposed improvements of the Navigation of the River Hull and of the projected branches to Corps Landing and Frodingham Bridge as recommended by Mr Chapman. Were survey by Sam Dickinson September 1800, which included the building of Strunchion Hill lock. Today Strunchion Hill lock is the head of Navigations the tidal section.
Snakehome lock will for future use of the Driffield Navigation only require to be a single chamber lock.

The lock chamber nearly drained, steel dam in place with the dredging deposited on the right hand bank.

Visible in the mud (fore ground) is the original swing bridge turntable casting found in the bottom of the lock chamber. This is the only remaining turntable that is more or less in one piece and should be saved. Possibly to be displayed along with the Crane at Riverhead Driffield.