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Projecting Bracket: Reading, Fair Ground Bridge 
Bracket on N.W. face of railway bridge, N.W. end of Fair Ground, Reading [2GL] - approximate location only.
Location
Grid reference: SU 7073 7387.
Landranger 175: Reading & Windsor, Henley-on-Thames & Bracknell.
Structure: Bridge.
Waypoint: PB0258.
Neighbouring Flush Brackets
The nearest fundamental bench mark is Wallingford,
16.52km 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 146.7780 feet [44.7379 metres] above mean sea level (Newlyn datum). It was included as a side level on the Basingstoke to Wallingford levelling line. The surveyor's description was Bracket on N.W. face of railway bridge, N.W. end of Fair Ground, Reading.
Logged Visits
Logged on 17th May 2008 by dal. Condition: Unknown.
This bridge at the end of Hodsall Road looks a good bet. However, the NW face is inside Reading Traction Depot, and behind a gate openable by rail workers. So I couldn't access to see if the PB survives.
Location
Grid reference: SU 7073 7387.
Landranger 175: Reading & Windsor, Henley-on-Thames & Bracknell.
Structure: Bridge.
Waypoint: PB0258.
Neighbouring Flush Brackets
| 76 | Caversham Hotel 764.79m to the northeast. |
| 75 | Appletree Eyot 2.61km to the west. |
| 3 | Mapledurham Lock 4.93km to the northwest. |
| S9627 | Shinfield 6.06km to the south. |
| G3415 | Tidmarsh, Home Farm 7.33km to the west. |
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 146.7780 feet [44.7379 metres] above mean sea level (Newlyn datum). It was included as a side level on the Basingstoke to Wallingford levelling line. The surveyor's description was Bracket on N.W. face of railway bridge, N.W. end of Fair Ground, Reading.
Logged Visits
Logged on 17th May 2008 by dal. Condition: Unknown.
This bridge at the end of Hodsall Road looks a good bet. However, the NW face is inside Reading Traction Depot, and behind a gate openable by rail workers. So I couldn't access to see if the PB survives.
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