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Projecting Bracket: Pingewood Bridge   

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Bracket on battlement of Pingewood Bridge [2GL]; PROJECTING BRACKET W SIDE RLY TK S SIDE RD SW ANG BR.

Location
Grid reference: SU 6941 6919.
Landranger 175: Reading & Windsor, Henley-on-Thames & Bracknell.
Structure: Bridge.
Waypoint: PB0013.

Neighbouring Flush Brackets
S9627 Shinfield 3.60km to the east.
S9628 Burghfield Common, School 5.24km to the southwest.
S5091 Stratfield Mortimer, Railway Station 5.55km to the southwest.
75 Appletree Eyot 5.57km to the north.
76 Caversham Hotel 5.61km to the north.
The nearest fundamental bench mark is Basingstoke, 18.10km to the south.

Second Geodetic Levelling, England & Wales (1912-21)
This projecting bracket was used during the Second geodetic levelling, England & Wales, and was levelled with a height of 131.5530 feet [40.0974 metres] above mean sea level (Newlyn datum). It was included on the Basingstoke to Wallingford levelling line. The surveyor's description was Bracket on battlement of Pingewood Bridge.

Logged Visits
Logged on 8th April 2007 by RogerTempleman. Grid reference: SU 6942 6920. Condition: Inaccessible.
Nothing to add to Luke Woodward's log.

Logged on 10th June 2006 by lackofluke. Condition: Unreachable but visible.
Again, on the S side W end of the railway bridge, but this time the projecting bit points south, down the tracks.
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