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Devizes, Wiltshire KAC54.39 |
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KandAC mile 54
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Prison Bridge, from the westward.
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Prison Bridge carries the Bath Road, A361, westward out of Devizes
towards Seend or Melksham, and eventually Bath
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The bridge is mostly brickwork with a stone parapet; 54 miles 39
chains from Reading.
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headroom |
10ft7ins |
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depth of water |
5ft0ins |
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Prison Bridge has an arch, now used by the towpath, which served the
tramroad that ran from Devizes down Caen Hill before the flight of
locks was built.
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Prison Bridge has an iron footbridge against the east face, obscuring
the bridge; and there is a tramroad arch now used by the towpath.
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The eastward end of the tramroad arch.
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Tramroad arch in Prison Bridge, from the westward; now the towpath
route.
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Brickwork, eastward face of Prison Bridge; english bond, partially
skew brickwork.
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cast iron rubbing plate on the tramroad arch through Prison Bridge.
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Brickwork arch with a stone keystone, of the eastward face of Prison
Bridge.
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There is a stone tablet set in the western face, off side:-
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This tablet is erected / by the Kennet & Avon Canal Company / to the
memory of / JOHN BLACKWELL / who during thirty four years /
superintended the works of the canal / as their Engineer / with
fidelity, vigilance & ability. / 1840
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There is a ?water pipe carried across the bridge, with iron protectors
to stop the louts walking on it.
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Kennet and Avon Scrapbook 2000
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