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Rowde, Wiltshire KAC55.42 |
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KandAC mile 55
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Upper Foxhangers Bridge, westward face; notice the stone footings on
the towpath side.
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Upper Foxhangers Bridge carries a side road, B3101, linking the Bath
road west out of Devizes with the Chippenham road north west from
there.
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The bridge is brick built; 55 miles 42 chains from Reading.
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headroom |
11ft0ins |
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depth of water |
6ft10ins |
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Upper Foxhangers Bridge from the westward; in the rain.
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The bridge has a tramroad arch now used by the towpath; the brickwork
is english bond.
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Rubbing iron on the eastward end of the tramroad arch.
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The design of this bridge is like Prison Bridge, Devizes.
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Foxhangers House, by Upper Foxhangers Bridge.
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This house was once for the canal's superintendant engineer. It was
later sold to a laundry whose soapy water drained into the canal
making this pound 'Soapy Pound'.
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Kennet and Avon Scrapbook 2000
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