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Recognised as one of the Seven Wonders of the Waterways. The 29 locks rise of 237 feet in 2 miles which is a 1 in 44 gradient. Navigating locks 22 to 50 will take you about 5 to 6 hours in a boat.
The locks are in three distinct groups:
The Lower Seven Locks (22 to 28), Foxhangers Wharf Lock to Foxhangers Bridge Lock, are spread over 3/4 mile
The Main Flight sixteen locks (29 to 44), in a steep flight straight up the hillside are designated as a scheduled monument. They are also known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Waterways.
The Top Six Locks (45 to 50), taking the canal into Devizes.
The steep gradient, means the pounds between the locks are quite short. Because of this, fifteen of the locks have large sideways-extended pounds, these provide the water needed for the day to day cycling of the locks. This means they use a lot of water. A back pump was installed at Lower Foxhangers Lock (22) in 1996 which is capable of returning a staggering 7 million imperial gallons of water every day, back to the top of the lock flight. This is equivalent to a whole lock-full every eleven minutes.
The Kennet and Avon Canal took 14 years to complete and the locks were designed and engineered by John Rennie (the elder). It was the final part of the 87 mile Kennet and Avon Navigation to be opened in 1810.
John Blackwell (Rennie's site agent) oversaw the locks' construction. Back then his annual salary was £300 (about £30,000 today) plus another £50 in expenses for his horse.
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