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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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…