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Devizes, Wiltshire KAC53.25 |
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KandAC mile 53
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Bridge 138 is London Road Bridge, ashlar stonework
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London Road Bridge carries London Road, A361, out of Devizes towards
the Marlborough Downs, and the Great West Road, the A4, from London to
Bath and Bristol.
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The bridge is stone built with repairs in brick; 53 miles 25 chains
from Reading.
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headroom |
10ft10ins |
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depth of water |
8ft6ins |
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This is the first stone bridge (excepting Lady's Bridge) on the canal
as you travel west. From here on bridges are mostly of Bath stone. The
stone used by the builders was not always good stone; the canal
company owned quarries of doubtful stone whose use cost the project
dearly. Later repairs have used patches of bricks, both ordinary and
blue engineering bricks. Some bridges are decidedly mottled.
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London Road bridge, bridge 138, from the east looking along the
cutting towards Park Road Bridge.
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London Road Bridge, Bath stone ashlar, repairs in stone, ordinary
bricks, and engineering bricks.
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London Road Bridge, ashlar stonework, west face.
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London Road Bridge, bridge 138, from the east (and out of focus).
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Kennet and Avon Scrapbook 2000
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