Kennet and Avon Canal
MEASUREMENTS
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Measurements of the length, width, depth of water, etc etc, locks and
bridges on the Kennet and Avon Canal are taken from Hammond's maps,
published 1979 before much of the canal restoration was made. The
measurements are made in imperial units.
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Remember
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12 inches = 1 foot
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and:-
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1 inch = 2.540 centimetres
1 foot = 30.48 centimetres
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Example - Bridge |
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Cemetery Road Bridge, bridge 140, west side.
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Cemetery Road Bridge is stone built, but much repaired with bricks of
different types, the bridge number plate is fairly new; 53 miles 59
chains from Reading.
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headroom |
11ft2ins |
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depth of water |
5ft7ins |
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Example - Lock |
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Burnt Mill Lock is 32 miles 43 chains from Reading.
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Burnt Mill Lock, top gates, and ground paddle sluice gear.
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rise |
7ft9ins |
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depth of water, full |
5ft3ins |
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depth of water, empty |
6ft3ins |
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length |
75ft4ins |
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width |
14ft2ins |
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Kennet and Avon Scrapbook 2000
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