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Brimslade Lock |
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Savernake, Wiltshire KAC38.14 |
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KandAC mile 38
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Brimslade Lock, from the eastwards, Brimslade Bridge and Brimslade
Farm in the background.
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The lock is 38 miles 14 chains from Reading.
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fall |
7ft11ins |
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depth of water, full |
6ft1ins |
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depth of water, empty |
6ft2ins |
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length |
74ft8ins |
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width |
14ft0ins |
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Brimslade Farm is on the north bank of the canal.
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Water squirting through cracks round the top gates; the cill is
effectively the end point of the upper pound, the depth of water over
the cill usually a little less than in the pound itself.
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Jean sitting on the balance beam; these gate beams make handy seats
all along the canal; notice the lock number plate and instructions.
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Locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal are numbered from the west end, not
from Reading like everything else.
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The instructions:-
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This Lock can / be left Full
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are necessary on this canal whose rules change from one part of the
canal to another.
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iron drag for fishing things out of the canal, lying on the stop plank
frame by Brimslade Lock.
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iron drag tines.
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Kennet and Avon Scrapbook 2000
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