A masterpiece of engineering - viewed from the bridge at Rowde

En route home we stopped at Devizes Caen Hill Locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal, completed in 1819.

We walked into Devizes along the towpath where we had a good Sunday lunch and the return walk surely helped to dispell some of the calories..........

In order to construct this steep flight of locks and maintain the flow of water to enable their continuous use, the engineer, John Rennie, constructed huge side pounds at each lock holding vast volumes of water, the biggest of any canal of the day.

Clay that occurred about half way up the flight on the south side of the canal was used in a specially constructed brickworks to make the bricks to build the locks.

It takes 5-6 hours for a canal boat to traverse the total of 29 Devizes Caen Hill Locks. All the locks apart from Lock 41 are able to take two canal boats at a time side by side The 29 locks have a rise of 237 feet in 2 miles or a 1 in 44 gradient.

[👑 AnaZad]

Fabulous engineering done two centuries ago. You captured it amazingly.

[Kim]

Wonderful composition from a fantastic pov!

[Beryl Lloyd]

What a great pov , and a great dof -- these seem to go on as far as the eye can see !!I love canals but would not like to cruise down this stretch !!

[Hazel]

We walked the 20 mins into Devizes along the canal vainly looking for a way to get a shot of several locks. We got into the car and set off and came across this view - think Ray is now fully 365 trained as he asked if I wanted to stop for a shot!
@beryl

[Margaret Brown]

Fabulous workmanship and fantastic POV,

[Pat Knowles]

Just look at those locks going into the distance, what an amazing sight that must be to see in real life....You would be exhausted after negotiating all those locks!

[Richard Hickey]

Great picture.

[Graham Thresher]

A super capture of a great scene.

[Hazel]

@happypat

It was a bit scary walking over one as it was quite muddy and I didn't really want to let go of the hand rail in order to have two hands on the camera!

[Lynda]

A lovely, sharp shot Hazel - you've captured the tumbling water really well x

[David]

Nice capture

[Pyrrhula]

A very beautiful pic. of all the locks. I`m glad I`ve not to sail this canal . In Scotland they did a better job . see for it : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkirk_Wheel

[Claire]

It is just a piece of genius isn't it? This is a fabulous shot, you have a great long line of the lock gates

[Hazel]

@pyrrhula

Yes, we've been on the Falkirk Wheel. I think it is not such a long stretch of canal - it only replaced 11 locks apparently.

[Pyrrhula]

@quietpurplehaze But it`s a beautiful example of the law from Archimedes and great technique. .
The highest locks I ever travel was In Sweden : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6ta_Canal

[Sandy]

Beautiful scene.