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1. This picture was taken from below Whitehall Lower Lock in 1909.The view shows the short pound between Puck Mill Upper Lock and Whitehall Lower Lock with the lock in the distance with the lengthsman's cottage alongside it. Following the restoration…

1. This 1900 view shows the Bricklayer's Arms.Originally built by the canal contractor, John Nock, in 1784 as accommodation for his men working in the tunnel during the six years of its construction. It was sold by the company in 1807 and became an…

Photographs L - R, T - B:1. Oak Inn and a derelict Puck Mill.Looking down on Puck Mill from the valley side below Oakridge c. 1900 - 1912. Buildings from right to left are the Oak Inn, the round teasel-drying house, the derelict Puck Mill and the…

With a length of 3,817 yards it was the longest  tunnel, and the longest canal tunnel of any kind, in England from 1789 to 1811.After passing through the Fullers Earth the first view shows the tunnel approaching the Inferior Oolite at about 400 yards…

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…

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…

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.…

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. 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…

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…