The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: Kennet and Avon canal

Looking down Caen Hill on the Kennet and Avon canal. Nikkor-H Auto 300mm f/4.5 (modified to AI standard) on a Nikon D2Xs.

Nikkor-H Auto 300mm f/4.5 (modified to AI standard) on a Nikon D50.

Traffic regulation on the Kennet and Avon canal in Wiltshire.

Looking at the Limpley Stoke valley in Wiltshire from atop the Dundas aqueduct over the Kennet and Avon canal. Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di II LD Aspherical (IF) lens on a Nikon D2Xs.

Dundas basin, Kennet and Avon canal. Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di II LD Aspherical (IF) lens on a Nikon D2Xs.

At Caen Hill, Devizes, a flight of 29 locks was built to lift the Kennet and Avon canal 237 feet over a distance of two miles from the Avon Valley to the Vale of Pewsey. It is one of the major engineering feats of the canal era: the gradient is 1 in 44. The middle section, where this photograph was taken, comprises 16 locks in a straight line. It was the last section of the canal to be built and was completed in 1810. For 30 or 40 years, the canal flourished, but the coming of the railways eclipsed its usefulness and it fell into a state of neglect. I used an AF Nikkor 180mm f/2.8 lens on a Fuji S3 Pro camera. 400 ISO; 1/350th; f/4.8.

In 1989, when this photograph was taken, work was well underway to restore the Kennet and Avon canal as a recreational amenity and tourist attraction. Stretching from the River Thames at Reading to the River Avon at Bath, the K&A Canal was closed to navigation in 1955 and reopened in 1990. The Heritage Lottery fund subsequently provided a grant of £27 million to secure the long term future of the Canal. After 10 years the project had resulted in an increase of visitors by some 22%, and increase in expenditure by 59% and an increase in boat activity by 40%, to some 1,400. Pentax P30.