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Three Bridges - Brunel

The three bridges. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. This amazing piece if engineering combines a road bridge (where the photo has been taken from) over a canal, which is going over the railway... In Hanwell, near Ealing.

 

The Hanwell flight of six locks raises the Grand Union Canal by just over 53 feet (16.2 m) and has been designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by English Heritage.[13] At the top of the flight of locks towards Norwood Green is the Three Bridges designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It is still often referred to locally as simply Windmill Bridge and is very close to the spot where the eponymous windmill once stood; attracting the attention of a local Brentford artist named Joseph Mallard William Turner. These are actually within the boundary of Southall but are named after the local village of Hanwell, which is much closer than either of the villages of Norwood or Southall.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanwell

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Uploaded on June 29, 2009
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