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Flush Bracket 1468: Holme Bridge Lock   

Flush Bracket on S.E. battlement of bridge, Holme Bridge Lock [2GL] - FB reported destroyed.

Location
Grid reference: SD 9438 5444.
Landranger 103: Blackburn & Burnley, Clitheroe & Skipton.
Structure: Bridge.
Waypoint: FB1468.

Neighbouring Flush Brackets
1469 Gargrave 743.30m to the west.
1470 Anchor Bridge 1.87km to the west.
G2099 Gargrave, Anchor Inn 1.89km to the west.
G2125 Thorlby 2.43km to the southeast.
G3362 Dancliff Plantation 3.21km to the south.
The nearest fundamental bench mark is Skipton, 5.56km to the east.

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 356.2850 feet [108.5957 metres] above mean sea level (Newlyn datum). It was included on the Skipton to Ribblesdale levelling line. The surveyor's description was Flush Bracket on S.E. battlement of bridge, Holme Bridge Lock.

Logged Visits
Logged on 29th December 2007 by ted. Condition: Probably destroyed.
No sign of it. Would guess that the present bridge dates from the 1930s.

Logged on 7th October 2006 by iainmac. Condition: Couldn't find it.
SE battlement of bridge on main road over canal is very very long and if its here is probably buried. Checked out S side of this bridge, also S side of bridge taking canal over river.
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