Kennet & Avon 150920 2072 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Kennet & Avon 150920 2072 / Richard Szwejkowski
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
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| 説明 | Bedwyn to Pewsey on the Kennet & Avon Canal. These are the abutments of the bridges that carried the Midland & South Western Junction Railway line that ran from Cheltenham Spa to Andover Junction, from where access was provided to Romsey and Southampton. The nearer (brick) bridge on the right carried the direct line towards the MSWJR station at Savernake and on to Marlborough, whilst the further (stone) carried a link to the Great Western Railway's Savernake station on the Reading to Westbury line. The abutment on the left carried a further link between the routes, providing access between the south and the Newbury direction. Withdrawal of passenger trains on 11 September 1961 brought closure of the line. At the end the very poor service was a far cry from the days when it was quicker to travel from London to Cheltenham Spa from Waterloo via Andover and the MSWJR than on the GWR line from Paddington. The canal is the Kennet & Avon, constructed between 1794 and 1810 to link the already navigable rivers of the title. The Dundas Aqueduct was not completed until 1810, but still ahead of the Caen Hill Lock Flight near Devizes, completed later that year. As well as facilitating the growth of many other industries, it was a major industry in its own right, carrying vast amounts of goods until the coming of the Great Western Railway from 1835 gradually took away its loads. After a last commercial consignment in 1948 the whole fell into disuse, with a last recorded through passage in 1951. Attempts to abandon the waterway were opposed by local authorities and many individuals, and in 1963 restoration started in earnest, both by volunteers and British Waterways, and on 17 July 1990 the first boats made a through passage. |
| 撮影日 | 2020-09-15 13:32:06 |
| 撮影者 | Richard Szwejkowski |
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| カメラ | DC-TZ200 , Panasonic |
| 露出 | 0.002 sec (1/640) |
| 開放F値 | f/3.8 |
| 焦点距離 | 14 mm |