A collection of photographs taken by Richard Courtenay Lord in the late 1950s and early 1960s which, in many cases, show views of the canals that can no longer be seen.
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Photos 1-37 of 37
Stroudwater Navigation
1. Bristol Road Lock, looking towards Hyde's Bridge (demolished)
2. Bristol Road Lock after top gates removed
3. View from Pike Bridge to Dock Lock
4. View from Lodgemore Bridge towards Stroud
Thames & Severn Canal
5. Bowbridge Lock, Stroud
6. Brimscombe Port before infilling
7. Brimscombe Port before infilling
8. Brimscombe Port before infilling and demolition
9. View towards Ile's Mill Bridge, Brimscombe
10. Chalfo9rd Roundhouse and Wharf
11. View from under Chapel Bridge - since demolished
12. Chapel Lock, Chalford - now infilled - and installation of new sewer
13. Sewer being installed alongside A419 at Chalford before road widening
14. Whitehall Lower Lock
15. Milestone Siccaridge Upper Lock - still there today
16. Daneway Basin with empty canal beyond.
17. Washing outside cottage at Daneway next to Tunnel Portal!
18. Daneway Portal of Sapperton Canal Tunnel
19. Milestone Plate, Daneway Tunnel Portal (since removed)
20. Sapperton Canal Tunnel - Coates Portal
21. Tunnel House Inn
22. Tunnel House Inn
23. Coates Roundhouse & Skew Bridge
24. Milestone plate near Thames Head (since removed)
25. Thames Head Wharf, looking towards A433
26. Site of Thames Head Pumping Station (centre)
27. Canal at Thames Head Pumping Station
28. Smerrill Aqueduct shortly after removal of structure
29. Wharf House Cirencester basin - since demolished
30. Blue House, Furzenleaze, Upper Siddington
31. Canal looking towards Cricklade Wharf with 'old' A419 to right
32. Canal south of A419 looking towards Latton Junction
33. Cricklade Wharf House
34. Cerney Wick Roundhouse
35. Canal near Kempsford
36. Milestone near Kempsford (since removed)
37. Oatlands Bridge, Kempsford, before canal infilled