Black Bridge
Image credit: Swindon Museum and Art Gallery/ Art UK. Artist: G. Puckey.

Butchers shop on Fleet Street looking south west towards Black bridge which is in the top right-hand corner before the farm at the foot of Eastcott hill.

John Street/ Stone Bridge

Image credit: Swindon Museum and Art Gallery/ Art UK. Artist: J. Hood. No date.

John St bridge seen from the junction, artist had his back to Queenstown bridge.

New Swindon
Image credit: Swindon Museum and Art Gallery/ Art UK. Artist: G. Puckey. 1845 Looking down from Old Town, a canal boat is in the distance

Black bridge would be on the right.

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Image credit: Richard Draper/ Art UK.
Wilts and Berks was a narrow gauge canal 52 miles long with 42 locks

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Image credit: Richard Draper/ Art UK.
Robert and William Whitworth were the engineers for the Wilts & Berks Canal

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Image credit: Richard Draper/ Art UK.
Cargo on the Wilts & Berks was mainly coal and Bath stone from Somerset

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Image credit: Richard Draper/ Art UK.
Opened in 1810, Wilts and Berks Canal was then abandoned in 1914

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Image credit: Richard Draper/ Art UK.
The Canal linked Semington (Kennet & Avon Canal) to Abingdon (R Thames)

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Image credit: Richard Draper/ Art UK.
Nearby was the junction with the North Wilts Canal to Cricklade

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Image credit: Richard Draper/ Art UK.
Golden Lion Bridge (lift & footbridge) was adjacent to this spot
View of New Swindon

Image credit: Swindon Museum and Art Gallery/ Art UK. Artist: J. Hood. No date.

Looking down from Old Town, a canal boat is in the distance. See photos from the similar location.

Whale Bridge
Image credit: Swindon Museum and Art Gallery/ Art UK. Artist: G. Puckey. This bridge was originally made of stone before being reconstructed to a flat span steel bridge