An investigation of the changing nature of the Western end of the Kennet and Avon Canal since the early 19th century, and an evaluation of the evidence at the site and in other sources.

... An investigation of the changing nature of the Western end of the Kennet and Avon Canal since the early 19th century, and an evaluation of the evidence at the site and in other sources. Prospectus In 1970 , the Kennet and Avon canal prospectus was produced to show every body in the government what it would be like and involve. The canal would link Bristol [in the west] to London [in the east]. The reasons why the canal was going to be built are, that it was too long and too dangerous to go round the coast of the UK because of the possibility of attack from the French. The prospectus was written to persuade the authorities into supporting the canal. They made this possible by using lots of long, complicated words and diagrams used to baffle them. Work started in 1794, and was not completed until 1810. Widcombe Flights The evidence

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