2018
ST9761 : Caen Hill Locks [42]
taken 6 years ago, near to Rowde, Wiltshire, England
Caen Hill Locks [42]
Seen from below, this is lock number 29.
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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