Canal Lock and Keeper Gatehouse

Two gates, a sunken chamber and a continuous towpath

Two separated pairs of timber miter gates frame a long stone-banked chamber, with a keeper hut on one bank and a visibly higher approach pool at the other end.

The lock is laid out as a waterway, not a bridge. Its narrow chamber lies between parallel retaining banks, while the two V-shaped gate pairs remain visibly separated along its length. Small balance arms and dark hinge posts mark the gate positions.

The lower approach and chamber use fixed water at local Y1; the higher approach uses a separate fixed pool at Y4. All three shallow pools have explicit beds and closed edges in the schematic. The level difference is an architectural illustration, with sealed barriers rather than a mechanism for filling or emptying the chamber.

A continuous keeper-side path follows the full length of the lock. An east-facing opening enters the small hut, which stands on a continuous stone-brick plinth. Inside are a bench and a two-lever console. The levers are unwired details, not controls for moving the gates or changing water level.

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Fit and import

1. Reserve 23 blocks east–west, 43 north–south and 13 vertically. Prepare an excavated or retaining-wall canal site, rather than pasting the chamber above a flat river surface.
2. Keep the complete sealed pool beds and edges. The fixed lower pools are at Y1 and the high approach pool is at Y4; external waterways require their own carefully contained connections.
3. The keeper towpath runs at player-feet Y5 along X6. Keep this strip and the east-facing hut opening at X4, Z19–20 clear.
4. The open chamber is seven blocks wide between the banks. Closed decorative gates and sealed pool boundaries prevent a through-boat route; boat and entity clearance have not been tested.
5. The download is a Sponge v2 .schem encoded with Minecraft Java DataVersion 3463 (1.20). Native game import and gameplay compatibility have not been tested.

Choose an available file above and complete its protected download. Follow the import guide for your tool, start in a backup world and inspect the paste origin before placing the build.

This is a static lock scene, not working hydraulic or redstone equipment. The water does not cycle, the gates do not open automatically, and an unobstructed vessel passage is not included.