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Burnt Mill Lock |
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Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire KAC32.43 |
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KandAC mile 32
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The lock is 32 miles 43 chains from Reading.
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Burnt Mill Lock, top gates, and ground paddle sluice gear.
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rise |
7ft9ins |
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depth of water, full |
5ft3ins |
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depth of water, empty |
6ft3ins |
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length |
75ft4ins |
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width |
14ft2ins |
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Burnt Mill Lock from above, westwards.
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Ladder in lock chamber. But look again; there appears to be the
foundations of a swing bridge over the lock.
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The fire that named this lock and the settlement nearby occurred in
the 19th century, destroying Little Bedwyn Mill, also called Knight's
Mill.
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A tatty iron and concrete footbridge is provided at Burnt Mill Lock;
notice the stop groove in the lock wall.
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By a track beside the lock were a pair of old lock gates, top gates -
they have no gate paddles.
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The iron pivot at the foot of the upright of the gate.
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Kennet and Avon Scrapbook 2000
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