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Flush Bracket 837: Winkwell   

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Flush Bracket on W. face of battlement of bridge, E. side of road, Winkwell [2GL]; W face of bridge, Winkwell.

Location
Grid reference: TL 0264 0634.
Landranger 166: Luton & Hertford, Hitchin & St Albans.
Structure: Bridge.
Waypoint: FB837.

Neighbouring Flush Brackets
838 Chaulden 520.86m to the east.
839 Boxmoor, Old Fishery Lane Bridge 1.27km to the east.
S8274 Hemel Hempstead, Box Lane 1.28km to the southeast.
S8275 Hempstead Lane Lodge 1.75km to the south.
840 Boxmoor 2.22km to the east.
The nearest fundamental bench mark is Hemel Hempstead, 5.04km to the northeast.

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 294.4120 feet [89.7368 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 battlement of bridge, E. side of road, Winkwell.

Logged Visits
Logged on 20th April 2008 by lackofluke. Condition: Good.
This one had me foxed for a little while. It's not on the canal, but on a bridge over the nearby stream.

Logged on 2nd June 2006 by RHW. Grid reference: TL 026 063. Condition: Good.
Bridge over stream S of Winkwell Swing Bridge, middle of W face of E parapet..

Logged on 14th July 2005 by mystic189. Condition: Good.
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