Avoncliff Aqueduct (grid reference ST784625) carries the Kennet and Avon Canal over the River Avon and the Bath to Westbury railway line, at Avoncliff in Wiltshire, England. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... The canal at Bathampton, near Bath The Kennet and Avon Canal is a canal in southern England. ... The Avon Gorge and Clifton Suspension Bridge The River Avon is a river in the south west of England. ... For other uses, see Bath (disambiguation). ... Westbury is a town and civil parish in the west of the English county of Wiltshire. ... Avoncliff is a tiny hamlet nestling in the Limpley Stoke Valley near Bradford on Avon in Wiltshire, England. ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
It was built by John Rennie and chief engineer John Thomas, between 1797 and 1801. Portrait of John Rennie, 1810, by Sir Henry Raeburn. ... People named John Thomas include: John Thomas (filmmaker): American cinematographer John Thomas (general) (1725-1886): American general in the American Revolutionary War John Thomas (harpist) (1826-1913): Welsh composer and musician John Thomas (trombonist) (1902-1971): trombone player who worked with Louis Armstrong John Thomas (NFL player): lineman for San...
The aqueduct consists of three arches and is 110 yards long with a central elliptical arch of 60ft span with two side arches each semicircular and 34ft across, all with V-jointed arch stones. The spandrel and wing walls are built in alternate courses of ashlar masonry, and rock-faced blocks.[1] The central span has sagged since soon after it was built and has been repaired many times.[2]
The nearby Cross Guns Inn pre-dates the buidling of the aqueduct and it's garden gives excellent views of the weir on the river.
References
^ Avoncliff Aqueduct. Avoncliff. Retrieved on 2006-09-10.
^ Allsop, Niall (1987). The Kennet & Avon Canal. Bath: Millstream Book. ISBN 0948975156.
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