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  • Leaflet drops in public houses along the canal route

    Canal social drinks – everyone welcome!

    Following great interest in our quest to spread the word of the canal to pubs along the route, we are inviting you all to help us finish the last two […]

  • Plan of part of the Somersetshire Coal Canal from Timsbury Basin to the junction with the Kennet and Avon Canal.

    Talk – Research on the Somersetshire Coal Canal by Roger Halse

    Paulton Village Hall, Farrington Rd, Paulton, Bristol BS39 7LW Farrington Rd, Paulton

    Research on the Somersetshire Coal Canal by Roger Halse. Paulton Village Hall, Farrington Road, Paulton, BS39 7LW. Roger will be talking about the sources, maps and photographs with examples from […]

  • Dunkerton Pumping Engines - Len Bampfylde c.1890

    Walk – Dunkerton Pumping Engine site

    Withyditch Baptist Church, 3 Withyditch Lane, Bath BA2 8AY 3 Withyditch Lane, Bath

    A visit to the site of the former Dunkerton Pumping Engine site and the mill pond below which supplied it. Weather and ground conditions permitting we plan to walk to […]

  • Caisson Lock

    Talk – The Weigh-House and its weighing machine plus the Caisson Lock

    Paulton Village Hall, Farrington Rd, Paulton, Bristol BS39 7LW Farrington Rd, Paulton

    The Weigh-House and its weighing machine by Roger Halse (SCCS Archivist), plus Robert Wheldon's Hydrostatick Caisson Lock, how it worked, the problems and locations by Derrick Hunt (SCCS Chairman). Roger […]