Flush Bracket 468: Tardebigge, Bridge 51   

Flush Bracket on N.E. side of iron girder bridge over canal, 9 chains W. from Halfway House (B.H.) [2GL]; parapet of bridge, NE angle, E face.

Location
Grid reference: SO 9746 6823.
Landranger 139: Birmingham & Wolverhampton.
Structure: Bridge.
Waypoint: FB468.

Neighbouring Flush Brackets

467	Tardebigge, Bridge 54 894.43m to the east.
469	Stoke Pound, Lock-Keeper's Cottage 930.48m to the west.
470	Stoke Pound, Thompson's Bridge 1.45km to the west.
466	Tardebigge, Bridge 55 1.67km to the northeast.
471	Whitford Bridge, Canal Cottages 1.80km to the southwest.

The nearest fundamental bench mark is Bromsgrove, 1.74km to the northeast.

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 331.5900 feet [101.0686 metres] above mean sea level (Newlyn datum). It was included on the Bromsgrove to Suckley levelling line. The surveyor's description was Flush Bracket on N.E. side of iron girder bridge over canal, 9 chains W. from Halfway House (B.H.).

Logged Visits
Logged on 10th September 2006 by mystic189. Grid reference: SO 9748 6822. Condition: Couldn't find it.
I could not find this FB, but there was a FB shaped patch on the brickwork low down on the NE butress of the bridge, towpath side. The photo of the bridge seems to suggest the FB is up near the parapet on the non towpath side of the canal. Tricky!

Logged on 6th November 2005 by iainmac. Grid reference: SO 97454 68209. Condition: Good.

Logged on 19th July 2005 by RHW. Grid reference: SO 975 682. Condition: Good.
Tardebigge- Upper Gambolds. E face of buttress, N side of canal. Bridge 51 - girder bridge