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Latitude: 51.3401 / 51°20'24"N
Longitude: -2.3736 / 2°22'24"W
OS Eastings: 374074
OS Northings: 160178
OS Grid: ST740601
Mapcode National: GBR 0QW.SVM
Mapcode Global: VH96S.TL11
Plus Code: 9C3V8JRG+2H
Entry Name: Flight of 10 Locks, to North and South of Caisson House
Listing Date: 5 May 1982
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1115372
English Heritage Legacy ID: 32448
ID on this website: 101115372
Location: Combe Hay, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, BA2
County: Bath and North East Somerset
Civil Parish: Combe Hay
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset
Tagged with: Flight of locks
ST 76 SW COMBE HAY COURSE OF DISUSED SOMERSET COAL
CANAL
8/30
Flight of 10 locks, to north and
5.5.82 south of Caisson House,
G.V. II
Flight of 10 disused locks; originally part of a flight of 19 locks four of
which have been destroyed and five of which are in the Civil Parish of South
Stoke. Circa 1805 for the Somerset Coal Canal Company. The Surveyor was
William Smith, "the Father of British Geology" and the engineer for this flight
was probably William Bennet. Remains of 10 locks of standard dimensions
approximately 70 feet long and 7 feet wide. Ashlar retaining walls survive to
about 10-12 feet high; the entrance and exit walls are battered and splayed.
Some remains of sluices and culverts; many locks retain lower gates and some
retain the upper gates. The fourth lock from the west has a milestone on its
north side and an affixed cast iron plate reads: "4/MILES". This flight of
locks represents the final and successful attempt to achieve the change in
level on the Paulton branch of the canal. The site of the caisson lock (the
first attempt) is to the west of the fifth lock from the west - and the site of
the inclined plane (the second attempt) is also in the same area. (K.R. Clew
The Somersetshire Coal Canal and Railways).
Listing NGR: ST7407460178
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