Caen Hill Locks [10]
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Caen Hill Locks [10]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 30 Jan 2018
Seen from above, this is number 44, Sir Hugh Stockwell Lock. One of the two top gates is open for maintenance purposes. The house in the background is Lock Cottage, now operating as a cafe. There are 29 locks raising the Kennet and Avon Canal 272 feet in a distance of two miles up Caen Hill near Devizes. Designed by engineer John Rennie, the sixteen locks (numbers 29 to 44) which form the steepest part are a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
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Image Location
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51.352395
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-2.017901