Caen Hill is a flight of locks on the Kennet and Avon canal. There are 16 locks fed by side ponds. It is a much visited and much photographed "Wonder of the Waterways" and is a credit to all those who worked so hard to restore it and open in in the 1990s
A visit to Avebury stone circle and village. Avebury is a world famous stone circle at the heart of a prehistoric landscape. It has been voted the country's third most spiritual place. We visited on a very windy day and you will see that modern sounds impinge on the mystic stones
Views and pictures around and in the Barrow give an impression of the isolation yet inclusion in the general heritage landscape of the Avebury Heritage Site.
This is a collection of cats. Bailey our much missed last cat - a very special one. Brandy and Took belong to our son. The narrowboat cats have been spotted recently on the cut
This is where the driver starts up the engine, using the levers. These levers control the valves. Once it is in motion the levers and pressure are monitored
Crofton Pumping Station pumps water for the Kennet and Avon Canal. Normally there are electric pumps to do this, but enthusiasts and volunteers run Steaming Weekends when the pumps do the job they were built for and the electric pumps are turned off.
The launder is where the water is pumped into the leat which takes the water to the top of the locks.Each stroke of an engine discharges 240 gallons (1,100 litres/1.1 tons). Each engine runs at about 11 strokes/min giving a capacity of 2,640 gallons (12,100 litres/12 tons) of water per minute.
This engine was made in Cornwall and was used It weighs 4 tons.The lift is some 40 feet (12 metres), thus the working load is about 5.5 tons. In the background is the Boulton and Watt engine - This was bought from the East India Company in 1810
Here you can see the tops of the steam cylinders of both engines with their polished cast iron decorative covers, and the piston rods entering the steam cylinders, connected to the beams by James Watt's parallel motion.
The well is the rising mains of the station. The water is pumped up from the engine pound of the canal fed by a culvert, natural springs and Wilton Water. The water lift is 40 feet (12 metres). No.2 Engine condenser tank, and further back, at a higher level, that for No.1.
This engine is similar to the B & W. You will struck by the sounds, and almost hypnotic motion of the levers. This one had a lady driver when we were there.
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