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The canal was lined with 'Puddle Clay' which creates an almost impervious layer thus keeping the water from draining away. The work gang here are tamping down the puddle clay using a 'clay grafting' tool and their feet!
Since the 1730s, when the first Act of Parliament to authorize a canal from the River Severn to Stroud had been passed, the Stroudwater Navigation had been seen as part of a larger plan to link London and Bristol by waterway. No work took place…

Daneway Wharf c. 1910. The start of the summit lock chamber can be seen through the arch of the Daneway Basin Bridge and the fact that the barge can be moored there surely shows that navigation of the summit level has ceased. Immediately beyond the canal the Wharf Cottage was the home of the Peart family. Mr Peart was carter for the Sawmill whose buildings are on the opposite side of the road from the cottage. Notice the logs on the Wharf apron ready for the sawmill.

Oakridge - (W)ells, Springs and (P)umps shown on 25" 1902 OS Map
Reminiscences regarding local water supplyTony Partridge remembered his family firm putting in concrete liners to form wells in 1930s. They would have been commissioned when new house built or for animals. People got water diviners to locate position…
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