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33: 44: 299: 349: 52: 287: 383: 369: 242: 337: 325: 311: 178:'s solution to climbing a steep hill and, in 1810, was the last part of the 87-mile (140 km) route of the Kennet and Avon navigation, commenced in 1796, between Bristol and Reading, to be opened. A brickyard had been established to the south of the site for the manufacture of bricks for the lock chambers. This remained in viable commercial use until the middle of the 20th century. 216:
Because a large volume of water is needed for the locks to operate, a back pump was installed at Foxhangers in 1996 capable of returning 7 million imperial gallons (32 million litres; 8.4 million US gallons) of water per day to the top of the flight, which is equivalent to one lockful
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planned to install sixteen new lock gates in twelve weeks as part of its winter maintenance programme, in an attempt to reduce the amount of water lost. The exceptionally cold weather delayed work, and when the section was re-opened at Easter 2010 only twelve pairs of gates had been dealt with. The
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After the coming of the railways, the canal fell into disuse and was closed. The last cargo through the flight was a consignment of grain conveyed from Avonmouth to Newbury in October 1948. From the 1960s there was a major clearing and rebuilding operation, culminating in a visit by
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mile (1.2 km); the next sixteen locks (nos 29 to 44) form a steep flight in a straight line up the hillside and are designated as a scheduled monument and are also known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Waterways. Because of the steepness of the terrain, the
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between these locks are very short. As a result, fifteen of them have unusually large sideways-extended pounds, to store the water needed to operate them. A final six locks (nos 45 to 50) take the canal into Devizes. The locks take 5–6 hours to traverse in a boat.
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A few locks at either end are named after topographic features. More have been named after benefactors, beginning in 1984 with locks 44 to 48. Those named include number 22 (Lower Foxhangers), 23 (Foxhangers), 27 (Marsh Lane), 28
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in 1990 to open the new locks officially, although the flight had been navigable for a number of years before then.
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The side pounds, the areas around them and adjoining fields to the north, are managed as nature habitat by the
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on the canal, those at Caen Hill are numbered 22 to 50, and they are near the canal highpoint at
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The 29 locks have a rise of 237 feet in 2 miles (72 m in 3.2 km) or a 1 in 44
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at the bottom and Devizes at the top, the remains of which can be seen in the
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Plan from 1949, when still completely watered (Contour lines at 25 feet)
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In the early 19th century, between 1829 and 1843, the flight was lit by
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Caen Hill Locks, looking downwards from near the top of the flight
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and used to build a new bridge which was named in honour of
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Kennet & Avon Middle Thames:Pearson's Canal Companion
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The Kennet & Avon Canal: An Illustrated History
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Caen Hill locks
A series of approximately 20 black lock gates with white ends to the paddle arms and wooden railings, each slightly higher than the one below. On the right is a path and on both sides grass and vegetation.
Kennet and Avon Canal


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Rowde
Devizes
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the 107 locks
Cadley Lock
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