Flight of 10 Locks,to North and South of Caisson House
FLIGHT OF 10 LOCKS,TO NORTH AND SOUTH OF CAISSON HOUSE, COURSE OF DISUSED SOMERSET COAL CANAL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1115372
- Date first listed:
- 05-May-1982
- Statutory Address:
- FLIGHT OF 10 LOCKS,TO NORTH AND SOUTH OF CAISSON HOUSE, COURSE OF DISUSED SOMERSET COAL CANAL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1115372
- Date first listed:
- 05-May-1982
- Statutory Address 1:
- FLIGHT OF 10 LOCKS,TO NORTH AND SOUTH OF CAISSON HOUSE, COURSE OF DISUSED SOMERSET COAL CANAL
Location
- Statutory Address:
- FLIGHT OF 10 LOCKS,TO NORTH AND SOUTH OF CAISSON HOUSE, COURSE OF DISUSED SOMERSET COAL CANAL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Bath and North East Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Combe Hay
- National Grid Reference:
- ST7413860252
Details
ST 76 SW
8/30
5.5.82
COMBE HAY
COURSE OF DISUSED SOMERSET COAL CANAL
Flight of 10 locks, to north and south of Caisson House,
G.V.
II
Flight of 10 disused locks; originally part of a flight of 19 locks four of
which have been destroyed and five of which are in the Civil Parish of South
Stoke. Circa 1805 for the Somerset Coal Canal Company. The Surveyor was
William Smith, "the Father of British Geology" and the engineer for this flight
was probably William Bennet. Remains of 10 locks of standard dimensions
approximately 70 feet long and 7 feet wide. Ashlar retaining walls survive to
about 10-12 feet high; the entrance and exit walls are battered and splayed.
Some remains of sluices and culverts; many locks retain lower gates and some
retain the upper gates. The fourth lock from the west has a milestone on its
north side and an affixed cast iron plate reads: "4/MILES". This flight of
locks represents the final and successful attempt to achieve the change in
level on the Paulton branch of the canal. The site of the caisson lock (the
first attempt) is to the west of the fifth lock from the west - and the site of
the inclined plane (the second attempt) is also in the same area. (K.R. Clew
The Somersetshire Coal Canal and Railways).
Listing NGR: ST7413860252
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 32448
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
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Clew, K R, The Somersetshire Coal Canal and Railway, ()
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