1995

SP4560 : Winding hole Napton

taken 28 years ago, near to Napton on The Hill, Warwickshire, England

Winding hole Napton
Winding hole Napton
Just around the corner from Napton flight, the winding hole looking towards the locks in early morning light.
Oxford Canal

An important canal that showed a profit into the 20th century it was authorised in 1769. James Brindley was appointed engineer to build a 91 mile contour canal. Samuel Simcock took over on Brindley's death in 1772. He completed the line from the Coventry Canal at Longford to Banbury in 1778. The canal was finally brought into Oxford in 1790. The Grand Junction Canal opened in 1800 threatening the Oxford Canal's traffic and they protected themselves by charging very high rates for their 5.5 mile stretch between Braunston and Napton. The outdated contour canal came under increasing threat in the 1820s from various proposed new schemes so they undertook enormous engineering works north of Braunston cutting 14 miles off the 36 miles between Braunston and the Coventry Canal. The truncated loops and branches were crossed by elegant bridges inscribed 'Horseley Ironworks 1828'.


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SP4560, 79 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Jo and Steve Turner   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 21 October, 1995   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 10 July, 2007
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 456 608 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:14.6530N 1:19.9610W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 456 609
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East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
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