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Devon
Here, There and Everywhere

Beer limestone quarry
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Beer limestone quarry
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Beer limestone quarry
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Croyde gun emplacement
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Limekiln near Ilfracombe
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Rockham, Mortehoe, SS 'Collier'
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Shaldon bridge milestone
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Thurlestone beachtop pillbox
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Thurlestone water valve box
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One of Slapton Sands pillboxes
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One of Slapton Sands pillboxes
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Morwellham Quay

Morwellham Quay mine locos
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Morwellham Quay, No 4 'Ludo'
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Morwellham Quay mine entrance
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Morwellham Quay
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Seaton Tramway

Seaton Tramway car no 10
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Along the route
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Along the route
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Along the route
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Seaton Tramway car no 7
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Seaton Tramway car nos 9 and 14
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The level crossing
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Tiverton, the Grand Western Canal - SS 9628 1237
The terminus of the Grand Western Canal

Grand Western Canal, Tiverton
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Grand Western Canal, Tiverton
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Grand Western Canal, Tiverton
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Grand Western Canal, Tiverton
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Grand Western Canal, Tiverton
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Grand Western Canal, Tiverton
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The Dart Valley - River and Railway
Paignton

USTC '2253 Omaha' at Paignton
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USTC '2253 Omaha' at Paignton
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BR '75014' at Paignton Station
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BR '75014' at Paignton Station
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BR '75014' at Paignton Station
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GWR '4577' at Paignton Station
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GWR '4577' at Paignton Station
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GWR '4577' at Paignton Station
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BR 'D7535' at Paignton Station
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BR 'D7535' at Paignton Station
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GWR '4555' at Paignton Station
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The new GWR '800 313' at Paignton
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Along the line

Goodrington Sands, Paignton
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Goodrington Sands, Paignton
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GWR '4577' at Churston, Devon
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BR '75014' at Greenway, Devon
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Greenway Viaduct, Churston
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Kingsweir

BR '75014' near Kingsweir
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GWR '3803' at Kingsweir Station
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BR '75014' at Kingsweir Station
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DMU trailer at Kingsweir Station
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GWR 4577 at Kingsweir Station
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GWR 4577 at Kingsweir Station
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GWR 4577 at Kingsweir Station
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GWR 4577 at Kingsweir Station
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GWR 4577 at Kingsweir Station
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GWR 4577 at Kingsweir Station
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Along the River Dart

Dartmouth GWR Station
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Leyland Tiger at Greenway Quay
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PS Kingsweir Castle, Totnes
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Philip and Son shipyard, Kingsweir
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Philip and Son shipyard, Kingsweir
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Philip and Son shipyard, Kingsweir
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Somerset
Cheddar Valley Railway at Axbridge

Shute Shelve tunnel, Axbridge
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Shute Shelve tunnel, Axbridge
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Harrison McGregor root cutter
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Harrison McGregor root cutter
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Combe Hay

Bridge over the Camerton branch
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Millers Bridge, Combe Hay
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Millers Bridge, Combe Hay
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Contractors railway, Combe Hay locks
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Combe Hay lock 15
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Combe Hay lock 15
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Combe Hay lock 15
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Combe Hay lock 14
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Combe Hay lock 14
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Combe Hay lock 13
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Combe Hay lock 13 stone
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Combe Hay lock 12
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Combe Hay lock 12
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Combe Hay lock 11
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Combe Hay between locks 10 and 9
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Combe Hay between locks 10 and 9
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Combe Hay looking to lock 9
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Combe Hay lock 8
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Combe Hay lock 8
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Combe Hay lock 8
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Combe Hay lock 8
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Combe Hay between locks 5 and 6
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Combe Hay lock 5
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Combe Hay lock 5
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Combe Hay lock 1
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Combe Hay lock 1
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Combe Hay upper reach at lock 1
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Combe Hay caisson area
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Combe Hay 'SCC' fingerpost
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Combe Hay 'SCC' fingerpost
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Frome

The first 'BNSR' bridge at Frome
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The first 'BNSR' bridge at Frome
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The second 'BNSR' bridge at Frome
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The air hammer at J W Singers foundry
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The air hammer at J W Singers foundry
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A warehouse hoist at Frome
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Frome railway station built in 1850
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Frome railway station built in 1850
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Frome railway station built in 1850
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Frome railway station built in 1850
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Frome railway station built in 1850
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Limpley Stoke - ST 7825 6215
A world-famous aqueduct on the Kennet and Avon Canal plus the junctions of the Somerset Coal Canal with the Kennet and Avon Canal and the Camerton branch of the Bristol & North Somerset Railway with the GWR Bath - Westbury line.

Dundas Aqueduct, Limpley Stoke
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Dundas Aqueduct, Limpley Stoke
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Commemorative tablet
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Kennet and Avon Canal basin
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Kennet and Avon Canal basin
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Kennet and Avon Canal basin
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Kennet and Avon Canal basin
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Somerset Coal Canal basin
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Somerset Coal Canal basin
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Somerset Coal Canal basin
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Camerton Railway viaduct
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Camerton Railway bridge
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Midford
Two railways and a canal crossed here on different levels, The Somerset & Dorset, the Camerton branch and the Somereset Coal Canal.

The SDJR at Midford
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Camerton Railway viaduct
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Camerton Railway viaduct
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Camerton Railway viaduct
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The contractors incline
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Bishams Bridge, CLSR, near Midford
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SCC bridge at Midford
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SCC aqueduct at Midford
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SCC aqueduct at Midford
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SCC aqueduct at Midford
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SCC aqueduct at Midford
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SCC aqueduct at Midford
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SCC canal bed above the viaduct,
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SCC canal bed above the viaduct,
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SCC canal bed above the viaduct,
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SCC lock 20 near Midford
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SCC lock 21 near Midford
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SCC lock 21 near Midford
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SCC lock 21 near Midford
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SCC lock 21 near Midford
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SCC lock 21 near Midford
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SCC 'CCC' boundary stone
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SCC upper bridge, Midford
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SCC upper bridge, Midford
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SCC upper bridge, Midford
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Midsomer Norton
Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust and the SDJR trackbed towards Radstock

LMS Sentinel '7109' at Midsomer Norton
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'Austin 1' at Midsomer Norton
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Wickham railcar 'b40w'
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Wickham railcar 'b40w'
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Wickham railcar 'b40w'
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BR 'D2128' at Midsomer Norton Station
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BR 'D4095' at Midsomer Norton Station
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RNAD van at Midsomer Norton Station
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Midsomer Norton Station
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Midsomer Norton Station
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The WW2 pillbox at the Station
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The WW2 pillbox at the Station
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The WW2 pillbox at the Station
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The WW2 pillbox at the Station
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The WW2 pillbox at the Station
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The WW2 pillbox at the Station
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The WW2 pillbox at the Station
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The WW2 pillbox at the Station
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The WW2 pillbox at the Station
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The end of the line
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Heading back to the station
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Heading back to the station
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Heading back to the station
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Heading back to the station
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Heading back to the station
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The SDJR trackbed towards Radstock
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The SDJR trackbed towards Radstock
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The SDJR trackbed towards Radstock
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The SDJR trackbed towards Radstock
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The SDJR trackbed towards Radstock
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The SDJR trackbed towards Radstock
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Welton Colliery tip
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Welton Colliery tip
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Minehead
WW2 pillboxes along the coast path

Pillbox, South of Minehead
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Pillbox, South of Minehead
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Pillbox, South of Minehead
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Paulton - ST 6566 5762
The terminus Paulton and Timsbury basins of the Somerset Coal Canal

The Camerton branch at Paulton basin
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The Camerton branch at Paulton basin
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The Camerton branch at Paulton basin
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The Camerton branch at Paulton basin
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The Camerton branch at Paulton basin
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The lower colliery tip, Paulton
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The Paulton terminus basin
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The Paulton terminus basin
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The Paulton terminus basin
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The Paulton terminus basin
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Tramroad to Paulton basin
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Tramroad bridge to Paulton basin
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Timsbury SCC bridge
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Timsbury SCC bridge
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Timsbury SCC bridge
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Timsbury SCC bridge
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Timsbury dry dock
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Timsbury dry dock
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Timsbury dry dock
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Tramroad sleeper at Timsbury basin
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Tramroad bridge at Timsbury
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Tramroad bridge at Timsbury
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Weston-Super-Mare
Birnbeck Pier, with fond memories of day trips on the paddle steamers from Cardiff Pier Head, crumbles away as you watch.
Plus a collection of old Somerset County Council fingerposts at Sand Bay.

Birnbeck Pier, Weston
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Birnbeck Pier, Weston
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Birnbeck Pier, Weston
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Sand Bay SCC fingerpost
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Sand Bay SCC fingerpost
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Sand Bay SCC fingerpost
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Sand Bay SCC fingerpost
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The West Somerset Railway
from Minehead to Bishops Lydiard

53809 at Minehead
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7820 at Minehead
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D5343 at Williton
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D7017 at Bishops Lydiard
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D7017 at Bishops Lydiard
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D8188 at Blue Anchor
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W51859 at Minehead
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3850 at Minehead
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4110 at Minehead
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4936 'Kinlet Hall' at Minehead
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4936 'Kinlet Hall', Bishops Lydiard
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4936 'Kinlet Hall', Bishops Lydiard
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4936 at Bishops Lydiard
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6960 at Williton
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6960 at Williton
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7828 'Odney Grange' at Minehead
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4936 'Kinlet Hall' en-route
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4936 'Kinlet Hall' en-route
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4936 'Kinlet Hall' en-route
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Luggage at Williton
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Luggage at Williton
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'Foster Yeoman' at Minehead
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WSMR ex-Met Railway 37, c1907
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Wiltshire
Bradford-on-Avon - ST 824606
A Ramblers walk around Bradford-on-Avon with the Kennet and Avon Canal and a couple of glimpses of the GWR Westbury line through the trees.The Avoncliff Cloth Mill dates from the early 18thC and was converted from corn to cloth in 1763. A WW2 pill-box guards the aqueduct with its decidely drooping main arch.

Kennet and Avon Canal
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Kennet and Avon Canal
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Kennet and Avon Canal
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Kennet and Avon Canal
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Kennet and Avon Canal
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Avoncliff Aqueduct
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Avoncliff Cloth Mill
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Avoncliff Cloth Mill
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Bradford
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Bradford-on-Avon Station
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'66553' heads for Bath
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An 'SWR' Sprinter heads for Bath
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Kingsdown Quarry (Swan Quarry), Kingsdown - ST 810670
Kingsdown Quarry or Swan Quarry at Kingsdown is a small quarry in the grand scheme of Bath Stone quarries but there's a lot of interest. Begun towards the end of the 19th century, it was unusual in that several companies were working it at the same time. The last workings finished in 1939 and, avoiding requisition during the war, the quarry hasn't worked since, despite a number of plans and ideas. The surviving complete crane was used by 'Marsh Sons and Gibbs'. There are a lot of artifacts displayed through the system and many quarrymen's calculations of the work done written on the walls. It's avery interesting little system.

Kingsdown Quarry
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Kingsdown Quarry entrance
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Kingsdown Quarry entrance
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Kingsdown Quarry
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Kingsdown Quarry
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Kingsdown Quarry cart grooves
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Kingsdown Quarry cart grooves
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Kingsdown Quarry cart gouges
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Kingsdown Quarry roof rails
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Kingsdown Quarry
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Kingsdown Quarry candle soot
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Kingsdown Quarry stone trough
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Kingsdown Quarry
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Kingsdown Quarry crushed crane
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Kingsdown Quarry crushed crane
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Kingsdown Quarry crushed crane
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Kingsdown Quarry crane
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Kingsdown Quarry crane
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Kingsdown Quarry crane
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Kingsdown Quarry crane
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Kingsdown Quarry crane
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Kingsdown Quarry crane
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Kingsdown Quarry crane remains
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Kingsdown Quarry crane remains
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Kingsdown Quarry
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Kingsdown Quarry saw cut
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Kingsdown Quarry
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Kingsdown Quarry
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Kingsdown Quarry
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Kingsdown Quarry
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Kingsdown Quarry
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Kingsdown Quarry tree roots
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Kingsdown Quarry roof rails
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Kingsdown Quarry
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Kingsdown Quarry
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Kingsdown Quarry
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Kingsdown Quarry candle soot
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Kingsdown Quarry
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Kingsdown Quarry
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Kingsdown Quarry roof rails
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Kingsdown Quarry roof rails
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Kingsdown Quarry ladder
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Kingsdown Quarry ladder
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Kingsdown Quarry
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Kingsdown Quarry
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Kingsdown Quarry squeeze
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Kingsdown Quarry exit
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Kingsdown Quarry writing
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Kingsdown Quarry writing
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Kingsdown Quarry writing
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Kingsdown Quarry cartoon
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Kingsdown Quarry tools
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Kingsdown Quarry tools
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Kingsdown Quarry tools
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Kingsdown Quarry tools
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Kingsdown Quarry tools
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Kingsdown Quarry tools
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Kingsdown Quarry boots
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Kingsdown Quarry tools
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Kingsdown Quarry tools
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Box Quarry, Wiltshire - ST 842691
A trip I missed, the Gwent Caving Club visited Box Quarry and found all sorts of bits and pieces. I'd already been committed to a cold, wet, misty walk with the Ramblers. Having seen these pictures I probably chose unwisely... Another time, hopefully. Thanks to Andrew Sheehy for the photos.

Box Quarry, Wiltshire
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Box Quarry, Wiltshire
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Box Quarry, Wiltshire
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Box Quarry, Wiltshire
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Box Quarry, Wiltshire
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Box Quarry, Wiltshire
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Box Quarry, Wiltshire
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Box Quarry, Wiltshire
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Box Quarry, Wiltshire
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Box Quarry, Wiltshire
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Box Quarry, Wiltshire
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Box Quarry, Wiltshire
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Box Quarry, Wiltshire
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Box Quarry, Wiltshire
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Box Quarry, Wiltshire
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Box Quarry, Wiltshire
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