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Dry day yesterday so took the opportunity to visit Caen Hill Locks on the Kennet & Avon Canal in Devizes, Wiltshire - apparently takes around 3 hours for a boat to get through the 16 locks!
Could have been better light but still an enjoyable visit.
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Caen Hill Locks by photogramps, on Flickr
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Caen Hill Lock Gates by photogramps, on Flickr
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Caen Hill Cafe by photogramps, on Flickr
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Canal Boat-park by photogramps, on Flickr
Could have been better light but still an enjoyable visit.
The dramatic change in height of the land at Caen Hill resulted in the need for 16 locks to be built in close succession. Because of the steepness of the hill there was not space to use the normal arrangement of water pounds between the locks and so engineer John Rennie had to build unusually large side ponds to replenish the water in each lock after use.
The locks and ponds were the last stretch of the Kennet & Avon Canal to be built in 1810 and form part of a longer 29-lock flight at Devizes, (Wiltshire), all packed into just over two miles. They are designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument – the same level of heritage protection given to Stonehenge.
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Caen Hill Locks by photogramps, on Flickr
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Caen Hill Lock Gates by photogramps, on Flickr
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Caen Hill Cafe by photogramps, on Flickr
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Canal Boat-park by photogramps, on Flickr