Caen Hill Locks [24]

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Caen Hill Locks [24]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 30 Jan 2018

Seen from above, this is lock number 37. 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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Latitude
51.352214
Longitude
-2.024793