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Projecting Bracket: Reading, Bath Road   

Bracket on centre of pier of railway bridge, Bath Road [2GL]; BRACKET BUTT NW SIDE RLY TK 7.2M NE S PARA BR.

Location
Grid reference: SU 7003 7266.
Landranger 175: Reading & Windsor, Henley-on-Thames & Bracknell.
Structure: Bridge.
Waypoint: PB0016.

Neighbouring Flush Brackets
76 Caversham Hotel 2.16km to the northeast.
75 Appletree Eyot 2.67km to the northwest.
3 Mapledurham Lock 5.28km to the northwest.
S9627 Shinfield 5.29km to the southeast.
G3414 Chalkpit Cottages 6.82km to the west.
The nearest fundamental bench mark is Wallingford, 17.26km to the northwest.

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 163.7330 feet [49.9058 metres] above mean sea level (Newlyn datum). It was included on the Basingstoke to Wallingford levelling line. The surveyor's description was Bracket on centre of pier of railway bridge, Bath Road.

Logged Visits
Logged on 10th June 2006 by lackofluke. Condition: Probably destroyed.
My GPSr was indicating the south side of the bridge. I had a reasonably clear view of the south side from the footbridge to the south, but I could not see the bracket.
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