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[[Image:JD_KandA_Mus01.jpg|thumb|A real rarity: '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]]]] | [[Image:JD_KandA_Mus01.jpg|thumb|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]]]] | ||
[[Image:JD_KandA_Mus02.jpg|thumb|A variety of exhibits, including an interesting model representing the location of locks. Fish-bellied rail below]] | [[Image:JD_KandA_Mus02.jpg|thumb|A variety of exhibits, including an interesting model representing the location of locks. Fish-bellied rail below]] | ||
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[[Image:JD_KandA_Mus05.jpg|thumb|Wooden Archimedean pump, and photo of it in use in 1910]] | [[Image:JD_KandA_Mus05.jpg|thumb|Wooden Archimedean pump, and photo of it in use in 1910]] | ||
[[Image:JD_KandA_Mus06.jpg|thumb|Ball bearing turntable from a footbridge over the canal]] | [[Image:JD_KandA_Mus06.jpg|thumb|Ball bearing turntable from a footbridge over the canal]] | ||
[[Image:JD_KandA_Mus07.jpg|thumb|A 'Newbury Float, used to float towropes downstream from Newbury Lock to Newbury Wharf, there being no towpath]] | [[Image:JD_KandA_Mus07.jpg|thumb|A 'Newbury Float', used to float towropes downstream from Newbury Lock to Newbury Wharf, there being no towpath]] | ||
[[Image:JD_KandA_Mus08.jpg|thumb|Rakes for canal weed, and a dredging bucket]] | [[Image:JD_KandA_Mus08.jpg|thumb|Rakes for canal weed, and a dredging bucket]] | ||
[[Image:JD_KandA_Mus09.jpg|thumb|Mason's twist drill forged from an old file]] | [[Image:JD_KandA_Mus09.jpg|thumb|Mason's twist drill forged from an old file]] | ||
Canal Centre, Couch Lane, Devizes, Wiltshire. | Canal Centre, Couch Lane, Devizes, Wiltshire. | ||
A small museum with a very interesting collection of exhibits, and a | A small museum with a very interesting collection of exhibits, and a café. Located by the canal in the centre of Devizes. | ||
* [http://www.katrust.co.uk Website.] | * [http://www.katrust.co.uk Website.] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:51, 26 March 2015
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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