Albert Street Cutting (Bridgwater)

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Excavated 1839-1841. Engineered by Thomas Maddicks. Two sandstone rubble walls approximately 1210m long and 4.5m high, running along the towpath and the offside of the canal from c15m south-east of Albert Street Bridge to approx 50m north-west of West Street Bridge. Grade II Listed: historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1197...

In more recent times he retaining walls have been supported by large wooden cross-buttresses to avoid collapse.

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1) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bridgwater_and_Taunton_...
2) www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3707370
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgwater_and_Taunton_Canal
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Coordinates:   51°7'31"N   3°0'37"W
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