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Bishops Cannings, Wiltshire KAC51.69 |
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KandAC mile 51
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Lay Wood Bridge, bridge 135, west side; the pile of stop planks are a
convenient seat.
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Lay Wood Bridge is an accommodation bridge carrying a field track over
the canal; it was built as an accommodation to the land owner whose
land was being divided by the canal.
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The bridge is brick built; 51 miles 69 chains from Reading.
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headroom |
11ft2ins |
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depth of water |
6ft7ins |
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The arch and batter of these canal bridges produces beautiful curves.
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Lay Wood Bridge from the east.
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Approaching the bridge from the eastward.
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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. The pile of stop planks lies in a metal
frame by the towpath east of the bridge.
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Kennet and Avon Scrapbook 2000
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