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MILE 54
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Devizes and Rowde, Wiltshire : KAC54.00=KAC55.00 |
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KandAC mile 54
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KandAC mile 54 - OS 1inch map, early 19th century.
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... the canal sidles out of the town and over a steep escarpment! ...
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The Kennet and Avon Canal from mile 54 to 55 leaves Devizes, Wiltshire
towards the west, dropping off the greensand escarpment into the Avon
Valley down the magnificent Caen Hill Flight of locks.
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Lower Wharf, Devizes
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Kennet Lock, Devizes
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Devizes Town Bridge, Devizes
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Sussex Wharf, Devizes
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KandAC toll house 54.05
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On the offside is an elegant redbrick house (amongst other back
gardens ...)
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The canal just west of Devizes Town Bridge.
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A roadway runs along the side of the canal on the towpath side, on
which a villa off brick with stone quoining makes a definite statement
for its builder.
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Maton Lock, Devizes
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KandAC lock 48
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Black Horse, Devizes
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KandAC lock 47
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Prison Bridge, Devizes
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KandAC lock 46
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KandAC lock 45
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New moorings at the top of the Caen Hill Flight; you can moor here to
wait for the flight to open.
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Work boat putting in ?pilings for the new moorings.
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KandAC winding point 54.59
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Devizes Yard, Devizes
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Devizes Yard Bridge, Devizes
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Parish boundary Devizes - Rowde: ST98796147
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Caen Hill Locks, Rowde
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Kennet and Avon Scrapbook 2000
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