Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 164,289 pages of information and 246,083 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Kennet and Avon Canal Museum

From Graces Guide
A real rarity: a 'Falling' or 'Safety' gate recovered from the canal at Winsley. A pair of such gates would lie flat at the bottom of the canal, these being a 'mirror image' of each other, hinged on a cill, ready to be raised for maintenance, or, it was hoped, to rise automatically in the event of high flow due to a breach in the canal. Principle ascribed to James Brindley
A variety of exhibits, including an interesting model representing the location of locks. Fish-bellied rail below
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Model of hand crane at Burbage Wharf
Wooden Archimedean pump, and photo of it in use in 1910
Ball bearing turntable from a footbridge over the canal
A 'Newbury Float', used to float towropes downstream from Newbury Lock to Newbury Wharf, there being no towpath
Rakes for canal weed, and a dredging bucket
Mason's twist drill forged from an old file

Canal Centre, Couch Lane, Devizes, Wiltshire.

A small museum with a very interesting collection of exhibits, and a café. Located by the canal in the centre of Devizes.

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