Combe Hay Locks | |
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51°20′39″N 2°22′13″W / 51.3443°N 2.3702°W | |
Waterway | Somerset Coal Canal |
Country | United Kingdom |
County | Somerset |
Operation | Manual |
First built | 1805 |
Length | 1.6 miles (2.6 km) |
Width | 7 feet (2.1 m) |
Fall | 134 feet (41 m) |
Distance to Kennet and Avon Canal | 3.5 miles (5.6 km) |
Distance to Timsbury Basin | 6.25 miles (10.06 km) |
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The Combe Hay Locks is a derelict flight of locks on the Somerset Coal Canal near Combe Hay, Somerset, England. Twenty two locks raised the canal 134 feet (41 m) over approximately 1.6 miles (2.6 km). The lock flight was predated in the immediate area by two other methods of canal lifts—first by a series of caisson locks, then by an inclined plane. The lock flight opened in 1805, and was in operation until 1899.