Romney Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England near Windsor and Eton. It is on the Windsor side of the river next to a boatyard and adjoins Romney Island, a long strip of land in the middle of the river. The first lock was built by the Thames Navigation Commission in 1798.
The weir is some distance upstream at the end of Romney Island and runs across the river to Cutlers Ait. There are plans to install a small hydro electric generation station here to supply electricity to Windsor Castle, with latest proposals as of May 2008.
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