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Devizes, Wiltshire KAC53.00 |
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KandAC mile 53
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KandAC mile 52
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Brickham Bridge, bridge 137, neat and tidy english bond brickwork
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Brickham Bridge is an accommodation bridge carrying a side road off
the London Road, Devizes, into an area that was allotments and is now
housing.
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The bridge is brick built; 53 miles 0 chains from Reading.
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headroom |
10ft11ins |
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depth of water |
5ft8ins |
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There is a stop groove, a slot into which stop planks to dam the canal
can be fitted, in the bridge.
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The cast iron weight restriction notice for Brickham Bridge, 'NOTICE
This BRIDGE Is insufficient to carry a HEAVY MOTOR CAR The Registered
Axle Weight of any axle of which exceeds FOUR TONS ...' - traction
engines beware
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Behind the towpath there was a sandpit worked by the Devizes Sand
Company. The high quality sand from greensand strata, suitable for
moulding cast iron, was sent by canal to Stothert and Pitt,
ironfounders, Bath, Somerset.
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Cast reinforced concrete tank traps, moved to the side of the road
across Brickham Bridge.
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Kennet and Avon Scrapbook 2000
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