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Woodborough, Wiltshire KAC45.68 (?) |
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KandAC mile 55
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Honeystreet Wharf, Kennet and Avon Canal.
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Here was a wharf and boatyard where Robbins, Lane and Pinnegar,
founded by Samuel Robbins, Ebenezer Lane and Samuel Pinnegar in 1812,
built barges. The barges were well built and in great demand; for this
canal and canals as far away as the Midlands, for the River Thames,
the Bristol Avon and Bristol Channel, and trows for the River Severn.
Nothing much remains of the wooden sheds of the boatbuilder; there is
now a modern warehouse, and a mooring.
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Waste oak chips from the wood working were transported by canal, on
the Kennet and Avon Canal, and the Wilts and Berks Canal, to Harris's
of Calne, Wiltshire where they were used for smoking bacon.
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There is a plaque giving a potted history of the firm on the chimney
shaft north of the wharf.
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K&A Canal finished 1810. This Wharf commenced 1811. K&A Road made
1842. Part of Wharf burnt 1854. Rebuilt and enlarged 1855. This
chimney erected 1859.
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The company vacated the site in the 1940s, defeated by the decay of
the canal trade.
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There was a clock tower on the wharf, which eventually collapsed in
the late 1960s. The clock has been restored and is on display at
Crofton Pumping Station.
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Kennet and Avon Scrapbook 2000
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