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Murhill Quarry Wharf |
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Winsley, Wiltshire KAC68.02 |
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KandAC mile 68
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Boat Dundas Dawn at Murhill Wharf.
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An incline tramroad brought stone down from Murhill Quarry to the
canal; its slanting course can be seen if you look hard enough. The
canal company opened the quarry in 1803 against the advice of John
Rennie whose estimate for building the canal was serious exceeded,
mostly because of the use of poor stone which the proprietors were
insisting upon. The Bath stone from this quarry was poor.
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Sherborne, Dorchester and Taunton Journal, 23 April 1857:-
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FREESTONE QUARRY, NEAR BATH
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TO BE LET With Immediate Possession
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The Celebrated MURHILL QUARRIES, ... Together with the right of
WORKING THE CAPITAL BEDS OF FREESTONE, ... will be let ... a large
Wharf and Landing Crane, on the bank of the Kennet and Avon Canal, ...
with an Inclined Plane fro delivering the Stone on the Wharf, from
which there is direct Water Communication with London, Bristol,
Cardiff, Swansea and South Wales. ...
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Boats moored at Murhill Wharf.
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Kennet and Avon Scrapbook 2000
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