Flush Bracket 179: Chippenham Platt   

Flush Bracket on E. face of Pike Bridge, over canal, Chippenham Platt [2GL] - FB reported destroyed.

Location
Grid reference: SO 7836 0608.
Landranger 162: Gloucester & Forest of Dean.
Structure: Bridge.
Waypoint: FB179.

Neighbouring Flush Brackets

180	Westfield Bridge 371.62m to the northwest.
178	Newtown, Roving Bridge 896.27m to the southeast.
315	Horseshoe Cottage 1.63km to the northwest.
177	Newton, Railway Bridge 1.67km to the southeast.
181	Bristol Road Bridge 1.82km to the northwest.

The nearest fundamental bench mark is Sharpness, 11.22km to the west.

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 75.2920 feet [22.9490 metres] above mean sea level (Newlyn datum). It was included on the Sapperton to Sharpness levelling line. The surveyor's description was Flush Bracket on E. face of Pike Bridge, over canal, Chippenham Platt.

Logged Visits
Logged on 11th October 2008 by Brisey. Condition: Destroyed.
The current bridge, built 2005, replaced the bridge that replaced the bridge that carried the FB.

Logged on 18th February 2007 by lackofluke. Condition: Destroyed.
No sign of the FB on what little of the original brickwork remains.

Logged on 20th December 2005 by iainmac. Condition: Destroyed.
Bridge lost in the 1970's and a brand new one for 2005