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Caisson lock ever built, was on the
Somerset Coal Canal at
Combe Hay,
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This is definitely a good article, but ity still needs lots of work. 25 references is okay, but it could be better. I want to see some improvement! Good job! ~ Meldshal42 Hit me What I've Done 20:23, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
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The coordinates need the following fixes:
P.S. Google satellite imagery shows caisoon house location as 50.20.30.81 n - 2.22.26.28 w this could explain some of the error.
P.P.S Latest UK.Gov O.S. map shows caisoon house as 51.34 n - 2.37 w grid ST 740 603 374094 160 360 (which one is correct?) Francis E Williams ( talk) 21:27, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
There are three different locations suggested for the Caison lock coordinates, here. Please pick one and resubmit. BrainMarble ( talk) 04:04, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
I have spent two days this week on the Combe Hay section of the Canal, I have a series of some 40 photgraphs of all that remains of the structures in the woods. Including the 249ft a.s.l. pump house, the stream feed into locks 10 -11 pool, pump adit connections, locks 9 to 19 from both ends. The raiway bridge (lock 16) and the re-routed public road around the caisoon sites. I am due soon to proceed toward Midford and the plateway basin and rail head and photgraph the bridges, aquaduct and rail structures there. I have uncovered a section leading to Hallatrow from the Timsbury basin (which although a canal width sized structure with tow path leading to futher basins west of Gooseyard) is not listed as currently as being attached to Timsbury Basins apart from a brief mention one article found so far. I am working my way throught the Bath Herald (now Chronicle) from 1794 to 1805 to glean futher inforation for the article. I do not want to just copy what is already published by the Somerset.C.C. Society. ( The number of photographs required to be comprehensive will be large, any suggestions as to how to proceed with including them (photo gallery)into the article (if they are required)? Francis E Williams ( talk) 19:07, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
I think that the headings in this article could be arranged more helpfully. Currently, the headings are:
I would suggest that 1.1 - 5 could all be put under the heading History, since they all relate to the history of the canal. Also, 7 (Grant to study history of the canal) could go under the heading Today. -- Spoonfrog ( talk) 18:43, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
This is not useful to the article, being too detailed and dense for this general account, and is deprecated in WP:NPS; the correct method is to place the material on Wikisource, with just a link here. I'm intending to remove it all, subject to other editor's views.-- Old Moonraker ( talk) 17:33, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
The restriction on own work doesn’t apply to self-made images: see “ user-created images”. File:SCC Upper Midford Object1 front.JPG and File:SCC Upper Midford Object1 internal.JPG from Francis E Williams were valuable enhancements to the page. May we have them back, please? -- Old Moonraker ( talk) 22:23, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
Could the paragraph dealing with Smith's nation-wide geological studies be trimmed? According to his article the local connection was very important, but his initial discoveries were in the coalpits, rather than the canal excavation. -- Old Moonraker ( talk) 08:21, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
It is established by documentary evidence that this image is the wrong house, even though there is a sign in front of it identifying it as such. The house pictured in the William Smith (geologist) article is the house he owned. See the talk page for that article. -- DThomsen8 ( talk) 01:25, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
I read that Eleazer Pickwick was an important backer of this canal. Should he be mentioned? Victuallers ( talk) 09:11, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
There have been some good edits to this article recently to reflect the restoration work; however I am worried about the sentence "In September 2014 restoration work began on the section from Paulton to Radford, with the aim of restoring the entire Canal to navigation in the near future." If this is to be achieved then I suspect it will take many years, particularly the Combe Hay locks (or inclined plane). Are there any sources suggesting it will be navigable in the near future, or can I remove that claim?— Rod talk 09:12, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
I have removed the section on restoration at Radford, as it is completely uncited, and possibly gives more detail than would be included in any Reliable Source. I'm pasting it below in case someone wants to add sections back as references can be found.— Rod talk 14:26, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
The canal from Withy Mills stop-point to Dunford Bridge had been levelled for about 480 metres (1,570 ft). citation needed and filled with water. Excavation started in September 2014 and was largely completed by the end of November 2014. Considerable work remains to be carried out on the embankments. The stop-point was discovered at the western end of this section. It offset to the northern side of the canal and the top courses of stonework were scheduled to be rebuilt. This stop-point has vertical 4 inches (100 mm) side-grooves and a wood cill protected on either side by stone abutments in the canal floor. citation needed An unusual feature near the canal bottom on the southwest abutment is a recess carved in the wall, possibly to act as support for a lower hinge for a lifting or rotating of the footbridge.
Withy Mills loading wharf was discovered largely intact on the northern embankment of this stretch of canal. Beginning about 30 metres (98 ft) east of the stop-point and continuing eastward for 54 metres. Located due south of the of Withy Mills colliery and Batch and was built circa 1820. An old shed stands well back above the northern embankment. A stone culvert crosses under the canal about 157 metres (515 ft) east of the stop-point. About 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) under the bottom of the canal it carries permanent discharge water to the nearby river. citation needed It appears to be an old mineshaft drain. In line with this culvert is a circular stone well 25 metres (82 ft) to the north of the canal .
30 metres (98 ft) further east is a drainage pipe which has been laid after the canal was filled in. It carries a small amount of water during the winter months. A large iron basin is set into the ground above the northern embankment as a livestock drinking point. A mile-marker stone is located on the northern embankment 270 metres (890 ft) east of Withy Mills stop-point together with another broken mile-marker stone. citation needed A further drainage pipe crosses the canal 290 metres (950 ft) east of this stop-point, it is positioned about half a metre above the canal floor, (obviously laid after the canal was abandoned and filled in), and carries considerable continuous water to the nearby river.
Two stop-point narrows were discovered in this canal section, the first is about 223 metres (732 ft) east of the Withy Mills stop-point, and the second is 37 metres (121 ft) further east. Both are in poor condition and are offset from the centre line to the northern side of the canal. These are now referred to as Dunford stop-points, the easternmost one has an 8 inches (200 mm) groove for stop-boards whereas it is normal for them to be 4 inches (100 mm). citation needed It is unusual to find two canal stop-points so close together.
Cattle drinking troughs had been installed on both sides of the canal embankment. 88 metres (289 ft) further east, the northern embankment is cut away for 5 metres (16 ft) this might have been a winding hole, but is not marked as such on the old maps of the area. Radford loading wharf begins another 32 metres (105 ft) east of this point on the southern embankment and is in poor condition. It is 54 metres (177 ft) long with a 15 degree angle bend at the middle. citation needed An embankment extends southwards to bridge abutments either side of the river. This bridge carried a tramway line from pits at Upper Radford. The wharf continues onward to Dunford bridge over which is the access driveway to Radford Mill Farm.
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Am I missing something, or are these PoIs really inaccurate?
/info/en/?search=Somerset_Coal_Canal#Route_and_points_of_interest
For example, this is meant to the the location of the Paulton basin.
https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=51.304&mlon=-2.494&zoom=18#map=14/51.3020/-2.4973