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Woodway Bridge |
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Allcannings, Wiltshire KAC47.76 |
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KandAC mile 47
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Woodway Bridge, bridge 128; the arch looks like an asymmetric three
centre arch, pleasing brickwork.
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Woodway Bridge is an accommodation bridge carrying a farm track from
All Cannings over the canal to nowhere very much. But, you can follow
a footpath to the top of Tan Hill, a mile and a half north, the
highest point of Wiltshire, 964ft. Some say they have seen a horse
drawn funeral cortege with a crowned coffin up there ... which
vanished.
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The bridge is brick built; 47 miles 76 chains from Reading.
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headroom |
11ft2ins |
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depth of water |
6ft3ins |
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There is a stop groove in the bridge footings, a slot into which stop
planks can be fitted to make a stank to dam the canal.
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Woodway Bridge from the westward.
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This, and some other bridges, have a metal plate under the arch - I
have no idea what for. The brickwork is english bond.
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Kennet and Avon Scrapbook 2000
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