
Junction of Wilts and Berks. Canal with Kennet and Avon Canal. Lock here, fall of 1ft 8ins. is extinct. Toll house exists 50 yds. along canal from junction. Over canal at junction exists an arch bridge to carry Kennet and Avon. towpath. Bridge arch of stone, now filled with concrete; Handrail of Birkinshaw type fish bellied rail from Somerset Coal Canal.
D.L. Banfield Survey, 1969
Junction of Wilts and Berks. Canal with Kennet and Avon Canal. Lock here, fall of 1ft 8ins. is extinct. Toll house exists 50 yds. along canal from junction. Over canal at junction exists an arch bridge to carry Kennet and Avon. towpath. Bridge arch of stone, now filled with concrete; Handrail of Birkinshaw type fish bellied rail from Somerset Coal Canal.
D.L. Banfield Survey, 1969

Image credit: Local Studies, Swindon Central Library. c1895, North Wilts canal, junction with the Thames & Severn Canal, Geolocation estimated
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