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Photographs L - R, T - B:1. This very early view was taken below Whitehall bridge looking towards Whitehall Lower Lock c. 1885.  Some distance below the bridge the canal has an almost semi-circular curve before a short reverse curve brings it to the…

We start our journey at the large complex that was Ashmeads Mill as is shown here in c. 1885.The Mill is in the centre, with the canal across from the left-foreground. The canal is empty and in poor condition as this was just prior to the attempted…

Photographs L - R, T - B:1. Bakers Mill Lock c. 1885. The upper gate beams are on the right. The canal reservoir, built by the Canal Company, stretches east on the left. 2. A view over Bakers Mill towards Frampton Mansell, looking from below Oakridge…

1. This view of Bathurst Meadow Lock from c. 1920 shows some Woodchester boy scouts who were on an outing. Some boys are resting on the balance beam and others have been swimming in the lock chamber. The group probably made their journey to here by…

The locks are very close together here as the canal climbs steeply up to the summit level beyond Daneway Upper Lock.This was at the time, c. 1896, of the attempted Trust restoration and the canal has been emptied leading to the barge being marooned…

Pictures L - R, T - B:1. This view was taken c. 1905, looking towards Bakers Mill. Below this lock the canal was sufficiently wide to turn a barge. During the First World War the adjacent woods were felled and loaded onto barges at this point and…

Photographs L - R, T - B:1. In the first view from c. 1905, the barge appears to have unloaded and so is probably waiting to return to the west. Piles of stone are by the cottage and coal lies in front of the barge on the wharf. Daneway Saw Mills lie…

Pictures  L - R, T - B:1. Daneway, c. 1905, looking from the Sawmill house over the wharf basin to Siccaridge Wood in the winter. The track to the left parallels the canal. It crosses it at Whitehall Bridge to go up to Trillies and Far Oakridge. 2.…

We end our journey with views of Sapperton Tunnel portal.The Sappeton Tunnel daneway Portal was of Gothic style with battlements and finials as decoration.1. c.1895, this snow clad view was taken just prior to restoration by the Thames & Severn…

Photographs L - R, T - B:1,2. These two views are both from c. 1905 and both show Daneway Wharf Lock which was number six up the flight of locks approaching Daneway. The entrance to the Wharf Basin is to the left in the first picture showing the…