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Flush Bracket 4: Whitchurch Bridge   

Flush Bracket on Whitchurch Bridge, over River Thames [2GL] - FB reported destroyed.

Location
Grid reference: SU 6362 7686.
Landranger 175: Reading & Windsor, Henley-on-Thames & Bracknell.
Structure: Bridge.
Waypoint: FB4.

Neighbouring Flush Brackets
G3416 Pangbourne, Little Oaks 878.01m to the south.
5 Sot's Hole 1.31km to the west.
G3415 Tidmarsh, Home Farm 2.35km to the south.
G3417 Lower Basildon, Oxford Lodge 2.86km to the northwest.
3 Mapledurham Lock 3.14km to the east.
The nearest fundamental bench mark is Wallingford, 11.38km to the north.

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 134.1420 feet [40.8865 metres] above mean sea level (Newlyn datum). It was included on the Basingstoke to Wallingford levelling line. The surveyor's description was Flush Bracket on Whitchurch Bridge, over River Thames.

Logged Visits
Logged on 25th February 2007 by lackofluke. Condition: Probably destroyed.
I couldn't find it either. Not listed on OS benchmarks site.

Logged on 14th August 2004 by jochta. Condition: Couldn't find it.
Couldn't find the FB anwhere accessible on the bridge. It could be buried or hidden somewhere. BM not shown on MasterMap.
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