Somerset Coal Canal
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The Somerset Coal Canal was a narrow canal in England, built around 1800. Its route began in basins at Paulton and Timsbury, ran to nearby Camerton, over two aqueducts at Dunkerton, through a tunnel a
Disused locks at the Combe Hay flight
House at Tucking Mill, next to the canal, reputedly lived in by William Smith
Somerset Coal Canal at Dundas Aqueduct in 2006
Portrait of John Rennie, 1810, by Sir Henry Raeburn
Kennet and Avon Canal
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The Kennet and Avon Canal is a waterway in southern England with an overall length of 87 miles, made up of two lengths of navigable river linked by a canal. The name is used to refer to the entire len
Somerset Coal Canal
…nearby Camerton, over two aqueducts at Dunkerton, through a tunnel at Combe Hay, then via Midford and Monkton Combe to Limpley Stoke where it joined the Kennet and Avon Canal. This link gave the Somerset coalfield (which at its peak contained 80 collieries) access east toward London. The longest arm was 10.6 miles (17.1 km…
The canal at Bathampton, near Bath
Kennet and Avon Canal Navigation share (ticket), issued 2 April 1808
A Second World War pillbox near Kintbury