2021

SO8405 : Original Canal Milestone Plate

taken 2 years ago, near to Stroud, Gloucestershire, England

Original Canal Milestone Plate
Original Canal Milestone Plate
From the Thames & Severn Canal. Currently in the visitor centre at Walbridge (LinkExternal link ). The original location was SO9438803327 - Daneway Portal of the tunnel.
See SO9403 : Milestone at the Daneway Portal, Sapperton Tunnel

Walbridge 7½ / Inglesham 21¼

Milestone Society National ID: tbc
Canal milestone & mile / boundary markers

Collection of images of canal mile markers, fingerposts and boundary posts organised by canal, with links to the source images. Plus other relevant data. eg - LinkExternal link (52 canals in the drop-down menu) aka mile pegs, road numbers, mile markers or mileposts & map = LinkExternal link

Thames & Severn Canal

The Thames & Severn Canal was completed in 1789, providing a link from the River Severn with the River Thames. It connected directly with the Thames at Lechlade, while the link to the Severn was provided via the Stroudwater Canal. The Thames & Severn Canal was 36 miles in length, and also had spurs to the towns of Swindon and Cirencester. The canal had 15 locks as well as Sapperton Tunnel, a 2-mile long tunnel beneath the Cotswold hills.

The canal closed in stages between 1927 and 1933 and is currently disused. The Cotswold Canal Trust is working to restore it: LinkExternal link

More detailed information about the canal can be found on Wikipedia: LinkExternal link


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SO8405, 391 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Mr Red   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 14 October, 2021   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 15 October, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 84862 05067 [1m precision]
WGS84: 51:44.6458N 2:13.2393W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SO 84862 05067
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