Caens Hill Locks Devizes Wiltshire

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Caens Hill Locks Devizes Wiltshire England Because of the steepness of the terrain there was not the space to use the normal arrangement of water pounds between the locks As a result the 16 locks utilise unusually large side ponds to store the water needed to operate The Caen Hill Locks are part of a longer 29 lock flight at Devizes all packed into just over two miles

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Size: 5250px × 3421px
Location: Caens Hill, Devizes, Wiltshire, England
Photo credit: © Gerry Walden / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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