Jen-in-Wellies Posted September 2, 2022 Report Posted September 2, 2022 No one has answered yet, so. Horseshoe Walk Bridge, by Lock 11. Bath. Kennet and Avon Canal.
GUMPY Posted September 2, 2022 Author Report Posted September 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Jen-in-Wellies said: No one has answered yet, so. Horseshoe Walk Bridge, by Lock 11. Bath. Kennet and Avon Canal. Yep
Jen-in-Wellies Posted September 2, 2022 Report Posted September 2, 2022 7 minutes ago, Loddon said: Yep I lived not far from there at one time, so I had a good idea roughly where it was straight away. Didn't take much searching to confirm.
Rob-M Posted September 2, 2022 Report Posted September 2, 2022 22 minutes ago, Jen-in-Wellies said: I lived not far from there at one time, so I had a good idea roughly where it was straight away. Didn't take much searching to confirm. As an apprentice I lived not far from there but clearly spent too much time in the pubs of Bath rather than taking in the sights of the local canal. 1
Pluto Posted September 3, 2022 Report Posted September 3, 2022 What about this one, for which I do not know the location. When given to me, it was suggested as the Lancaster, but there is no towpath. However, the bridge parapet does seem to have some sort of protection against wear by tow lines, so it could be on a navigation. Any suggestions?
Tony Brooks Posted September 3, 2022 Report Posted September 3, 2022 No idea, but that road beside the canal and the small toll-house thing top right seems reminiscent of something I saw on TV not long ago about one of the abandoned/semi-abandond South Wales canals.
Heartland Posted September 3, 2022 Report Posted September 3, 2022 I was thinking along the same lines, may be Glamorgan Canal. Suggest you speak to Stephen Rowson via the RCHS WHG. The maker of the bridge would be useful to know and the lamp on its post is an unusual feature.
Tony Brooks Posted September 3, 2022 Report Posted September 3, 2022 I suspect the lamp and bridge design was at the behest of the "big house" whose driveway seems to cross the bridge. I have been tring to judge the height of the people with the height of the bridge arch and the arch look a bit low, so could this be a tub boat canal or only used by cabinless day boats.
Derek R. Posted September 3, 2022 Report Posted September 3, 2022 I thought Wales, but it's not on the Montgomery, and it's certainly not on the Lancaster. Looking on Google maps at the entire length of the Mon & Brec comes up with nothing like it. That big wall with the gates has to be to some Manor house, that's not likely to have disappeared in 100yrs. The lamp posts are set to cover the lock, rather than the gates. The characters on the bridge look to me as adult male & female with child. Love to know where it is.
magpie patrick Posted September 3, 2022 Report Posted September 3, 2022 10 hours ago, Pluto said: What about this one, for which I do not know the location. When given to me, it was suggested as the Lancaster, but there is no towpath. However, the bridge parapet does seem to have some sort of protection against wear by tow lines, so it could be on a navigation. Any suggestions? I'm reasonably certain that's North Road lock in Cardiff on the Glamorgan Canal
GUMPY Posted September 3, 2022 Author Report Posted September 3, 2022 13 minutes ago, magpie patrick said: I'm reasonably certain that's North Road lock in Cardiff on the Glamorgan Canal Is that where the entrance to the Ambulance Station is now ?
magpie patrick Posted September 3, 2022 Report Posted September 3, 2022 No, that's Blackweir. North Road lock was just North of the castle - there is a subway nearby incorporating a canal bridge
Derek R. Posted September 4, 2022 Report Posted September 4, 2022 Somewhere in the vicinity? It's changed a bit! It's called a feeder canal at this point. https://tinyurl.com/4hj4e8bm That's looking towards the Castle. North Road runs parallel the other side of the drama college. Blackweir ambulance station behind aways.
Psychalist Posted September 4, 2022 Report Posted September 4, 2022 https://www.walesonline.co.uk/business/commercial-property/masterplan-new-canal-quarter-centre-20601928
John Brightley Posted September 4, 2022 Report Posted September 4, 2022 14 hours ago, magpie patrick said: I'm reasonably certain that's North Road lock in Cardiff on the Glamorgan Canal A quick Google search confirms you're correct -here's another photo: http://www.archive-images.co.uk/gallery/Archive-Images-of-Welsh-Canals-and-Waterways/image/33/Glamorganshire_Canal_Cardiff_North_Road_Lock
magpie patrick Posted September 4, 2022 Report Posted September 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Derek R. said: Somewhere in the vicinity? It's changed a bit! It's called a feeder canal at this point. https://tinyurl.com/4hj4e8bm That's looking towards the Castle. North Road runs parallel the other side of the drama college. Blackweir ambulance station behind aways. The feeder canal is an entirely different waterway, built to feed the docks, the Glamorgan Canal crossed over it You're all making me nostalgoc for when I lived in Cardiff now!
Pluto Posted September 4, 2022 Report Posted September 4, 2022 Thanks for the response. This came at the same time, so is presumably the Glamorgan Canal as well.
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