Pewsham Locks
Pewsham Locks, near the market town
of Chippenham, was a major industrial site on the Wilts & Berks Canal.
Adjacent to the North Wiltshire Rivers Route (Chippenham to Lacock,) aka Avon Valley Walk.
The
site is now subject to a full restoration/rebuild of this important 19thc indiustrial site in the heart of the Wiltshire country side.
Pewsham Locks was situated on the
main line of the Wilts & Berks Canal, south of the junction with the
Chippenham Arm (the ‘Ippy Cut), raising the canal almost 29 feet. Many
boats, laden with coal from the Somerset Coal fields and other goods, would
have passed through the three locks on their way to Chippenham, Calne and
beyond.