Welcome to Caisson - Caisson Gardens
网页These beautiful gardens in Combe Hay, nestling in a valley just south of Bath, have been lovingly restored and nurtured by Phil and Amanda Honey. Their vision and ethos has created a sustainable landscape that is visually stunning and rich in thriving wildlife.
Caisson lock - Wikipedia
网页The caisson lock is a type of canal lock in which a narrowboat is floated into a sealed watertight box and raised or lowered between two different canal water levels. It was invented in the late 18th century as a solution to the problem posed by the excessive demand for water when conventional locks were used to raise and lower canal boats ...
Combe Hay - Wikipedia
网页Combe Hay was the site of a series of locks, dating from 1805 on the Somerset Coal Canal on which research and restoration is proposed. [5] It is the site of one of the only caisson locks ever built which was near the current Caisson House. [ 6 ]
Combe Hay Locks - Wikipedia
网页The Combe Hay Locks is a derelict flight of locks on the Somerset Coal Canal near Combe Hay, Somerset, England. Twenty two locks raised the canal 134 feet (41 m) over approximately 1.6 miles (2.6 km). The lock flight was predated in the immediate area by two other methods of canal lifts—first by a series of caisson locks, then by an inclined ...
Caisson Gardens | nearfield
网页These beautiful gardens in Combe Hay, nestling in a valley just south of Bath, have been lovingly restored and nurtured by Phil and Amanda Honey. Their vision and ethos has created a sustainable landscape that is visually stunning and rich in thriving wildlife.
Visiting Us - Caisson Gardens
网页Find Us. Caisson House, Combe Hay, Bath BA2 7EF. info@caissongardens.com. We are 3 miles south of Bath. Take A367 from Bath towards Radstock. Second Roundabout ( Park & Ride ) take 1st exit. Turn immediately right and right again towards Combe hay. After 2 miles turn left at thatched cottage to Combe Hay. Pass through village.
Caisson House - Bath | NGS Gardens
网页2 acre garden set around a Georgian house originally built for the chief engineer of the Somerset Coal Canal, featuring 15 dry canal locks that run throughout the 40 acre property. The garden and surrounding wildflower meadows and woodland have been restored over the last 12 years, with a focus upon reclaimed materials, regenerative gardening ...
Caisson Lock – Somersetshire Coal Canal Society
网页This appeared to overcome all the main disadvantages of conventional locks and only three of these machines would be needed to take the place of the flight of 22 locks planned at Rowley Bottom near Combe Hay. By 1796, construction on the first Caisson was started. The drawing of the Caisson Lock which appeared in Robert Weldon’s patent
网页caisson lock in 1792, and an experimental lock of this type was constructed at Oakengates in Shropshire in 17942. Its success persuaded the proprietors of the Somersetshire Coal Canal to use the device to make the change of levels necessary on their canal at Combe Hay. The plan appears to have been to construct two or even three caisson locks ...
CAISSON HOUSE, Combe Hay - 1115371 | Historic England
网页Glazing bar sash windows in raised pain surrounds; canted bay windows to bays 3 and 7. Central door in projecting ashlar porch with moulded surround and cornice. The house is so named due to its proximity to the site of the 1790s caisson lock which was the initial and innovatory means of achieving the change in level on this branch of the canal.
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