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Semington Bridge |
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Melksham Without, Wiltshire KAC60.40 |
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KandAC mile 60
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Semington Bridge, from the eastward; the blue thing is an air valve.
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Semington Bridge carries the A350, a main north-south route, from
Warminster to the south, across the canal via Melksham to Chippenham
to the north. This makes for a noisy bit of canal; it's soon past.
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The bridge was stone but is greatly repaired in red and blue brick,
though the stone parapet is retained; 60 miles 40 chains from Reading.
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headroom |
11ft9ins |
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depth of water |
4ft1ins |
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An air valve on a water main carried by the bridge; not only small and
tidy, but attractive.
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Semington Bridge and its unattractive companion footbridge from the
eastward.
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Semington lies a short way to the south side. There is a little
village store, and a pub, the Somerset Arms.
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Kennet and Avon Scrapbook 2000
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