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Flush Bracket 825: Pitstone Bridge   

Flush Bracket on W. face of railway bridge over canal.

Location
Grid reference: SP 9276 1628.
Landranger 165: Aylesbury & Leighton Buzzard, Thame & Berkhamstead.
Structure: Bridge.
Waypoint: FB825.

Neighbouring Flush Brackets
826 Marsworth Lock Engine House 1.14km to the south.
824 Seabrook Lock Cottage 1.20km to the northeast.
G3273 Ivinghoe Bridge, Brownlow Arms 1.46km to the northeast.
G3274 Ivinghoe 1.75km to the east.
823 Ivinghoe Locks 2.13km to the north.
The nearest fundamental bench mark is Hemel Hempstead, 15.43km to the southeast.

Second Geodetic Levelling, England & Wales (1912-21)
This flush bracket was used during the Second geodetic levelling, England & Wales, and was levelled with a height of 336.6910 feet [102.6234 metres] above mean sea level (Newlyn datum). It was included on the Great Linford to Hemel Hempstead levelling line. The surveyor's description was Flush Bracket on W. face of railway bridge over canal.

Logged Visits
Logged on 30th March 2008 by lackofluke. Condition: Couldn't find it.
If it's still there, it's in a fenced-off patch of waste ground. Not listed in OS database.

Logged on 26th February 2005 by iangr2004. Condition: Destroyed.
Pitstone Bridge
No sign of this that I could find - much of bridge supports behind fences, but it looks far too modern
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