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Bruce Tunnel
canal tunnel, Kennet and Avon Canal, KAC36.32 miles.chains from Reading;
Burbage, Wiltshire.
Plaque on the east portal of Bruce Tunnel; hardly readable anymore.
The Kennet and Avon Canal Company / Inscribe this TUNNEL with the Name of / BRUCE / In Testimony of the Gratitude / for the uniform and effectual Support of / The Right honourable THOMAS BRUCE EARL of AILESBURY / and CHARLES LORD BRUCE his Son / through the whole Progress of this great National Work / by which a direct communication by Water was opened / between the Cities of LONDON and BRISTOL / ANNO DOMINI 1810


Kennet and Avon Scrapbook 2000