Boats On The Kennet Tank Top

The scene on the River Kennet, here part of the Kennet and Avon Canal at Newbury in Berkshire, England This is just downstream from the Wharf and road bridge carrying the ring road.. Here there are a number of boatyards, now in March getting ready for summer hiring. This section of the canal - or navigation (combined river and canal) began its construction in 1718 under the supervision of engineer John Hore of Newbury and in 1724 the section between Reading and Newbury was opened The remainder to Bristol was built between 1794 and 1810 under John Rennie. The canal gradually fell into disuse after the coming of the Great Western Railway but during the mid-1900s a restoration project resulted in the reopening of the entire waterway in 199...