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1063:"Navigation of the river Avon"
1043:. Inland Waterways Association
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76:Above and below the lock and
958:Thames Navigation Commission
763:Kennet and Avon Canal Museum
1176:The Kennet & Avon Canal
1120:The Kennet & Avon Canal
939:Kennet and Avon Canal Trust
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1092:Priestley, Joseph (1831).
37:, between the villages of
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1041:"Bristol Avon Navigation"
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838:Engineers and proprietors
814:Dorset and Somerset Canal
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804:Bristol Floating Harbour
22:The weir at Kelston lock
978:: Administered by the
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819:Wilts & Berks Canal
747:Crofton Pumping Station
71:Canal & River Trust
1173:Allsop, Niall (1989).
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909:Dudley Clark
883:John Padmore
829:River Thames
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511:Monkey Marsh
379:Oakhill Down
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159:Weston Lock
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1104:Wikisource
1027:References
1000:51°24′02″N
650:New Bridge
589:Burghfield
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415:Hungerford
361:Burnt Mill
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852:John Hore
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91:See also
43:Saltford
1047:3 March
756:Museums
643:Bridges
622:Tunnels
613:Blake's
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