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Murtry Aqueduct

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302: 288: 33: 256:. This branch was never completed and work on the rest of the canal was never started, so Murtry Aqueduct was never filled with water. The aqueduct has some decorative architectural features, including 274:, smaller than the three main arches, running underneath the canal bed. This skew arch is part of the aqueduct's south face, but it is separated from the aqueduct on the north side. 488: 322: 458: 382: 483: 478: 431: 473: 43: 468: 463: 257: 50: 409: 317: 217: 85: 293: 136: 357: 213: 307: 301: 237: 386: 452: 253: 221: 95: 32: 283: 65: 52: 271: 264: 260: 105: 229: 248:
The aqueduct was built as part of an 8-mile branch of the canal between
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Coordinates
51°14′49″N 2°20′31″W / 51.247°N 2.342°W / 51.247; -2.342
Dorset and Somerset Canal
Mells River
Great Elm
Doulting Stone
aqueduct
Dorset and Somerset Canal
Mells River
Frome
Somerset
England
listed building
Frome
Nettlebridge
rusticated
spandrels
pilasters
skew arch
United Kingdom portal
icon
Transport portal
Dorset and Somerset Canal
List of canal aqueducts in Great Britain




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