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Bookpurnong Lock No 4

 
The lock was completed in 1929
Nitschke Road, Bookpurnong SA 5333, Australia
 
Information about the place
Bookpurnong Lock No 4 is a minor waterways place on the Murray River between Blanchetown Lock No 1 (The lock was completed in 1922) (258.03 kilometres and 2 locks to the west) and Renmark (55.01 kilometres and 1 lock to the northeast).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Blanchetown Lock No 1 is Katarapko Creek (northern entrance); 3.12 kilometres away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Renmark is Berri Bridge; 9.95 kilometres away.

Mooring here is unrated.

This is a lock with a rise of 11ft 1in (3.4m).

 
 
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The weirs are concrete piers, combined with removable sections including stop-logs.

 
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[Murray River] Lock 15 at Euston and Lock 26 at Torrumbarry. Construction of the remaining weirs purely for navigation purposes was abandoned in 1934. The last lock [List of Murray River distances] miles (−1,190 km) 233 miles (370 km) Lock 4 (Bookpurnong) −748 miles (−1,200 km) 227 miles (370 km) 516 km Bookpurnong −748 miles (−1,200 km) 227 miles (370 km) [List of road routes in South Australia] Strathalbyn Langhorne Creek Wellington East 49 km (30 mi) B55 Karoonda Highway Bookpurnong Road Murray Bridge Karoonda Loxton Berri 202 km (126 mi) B56 Horrocks [List of Murray–Darling steamboats] machinery from steamer Queen. Burnt at Craigie's Creek near Bookmark and Bookpurnong stations. Crewman John McKenny was badly burned. Bunyip (1) 106' 14 tons
 
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Bookpurnong a small Riverland town near Loxton
Lock and Weir No. 4 is an indicative place on the Register of the National Estate and the Gurra Gurra Lake Area immediately to the north of the Bookpurnong ...
Lock 4 - Bookpurnong, Attraction | SA Tourism
In the 1920's a series of Locks and weirs were installed along the River Murray. These structures were built to divert water to the emerging.
Bookpurnong Lock 4 Environmental Association Incorporated ...
Summary of activities. Loxton Landcare engages local communities including children, school students and local land managers to better understand natural ...
Lock 4 & Weir - Bookpurnong SA
Lock 4 at Bookpurnong is 516 km's from the Goolwa barrages. The distance between each of the other locks and weirs range from 29 to 88 km's APART.
CLARKS FLOODPLAIN
Clarks Floodplain is on the east bank of the River Murray, downstream of. Weir & Lock No 4 at Bookpurnong, approximately 11 km north of Loxton and.
Geophysical investigation of River Murray salinity: a case study ...
Feb 21, 2019 ... ... by the Bookpurnong - Lock 4 Environmental Association (BL4EA) to ... the interception of saline groundwater along the River Murray downs...
Lives of early River Murray lock workers, who survived on kangaroo ...
Aug 8, 2014 ... Early lock workers on the River Murray existed on a staple diet of Emu, ... Mr Erdmann said Lock 4 at Bookpurnong in SA's Riverland was ...
Water for Nature Environmental Watering Site Monitoring Report ...
Location. Clarks Floodplain is on the east bank of the River Murray, downstream of Weir & Lock No 4 at. Bookpurnong, approximately 11 km north of Loxton and ...
Bookpurnong Land and Water Management Plan - Background Report
The complementary development of a revised MODFLOW groundwater model for the. Riverland (including the Bookpurnong – Lock 4 LWMP area), which has a ...
(PDF) Root Zone Salinity Risks in the Lower Murray Districts
Using the data from a drip irrigation vineyard at Loxton in Bookpurnong Lock-4 district, the output of a two-dimensional numerical flow/transport model ...