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Bell Water Drain Railway Bridge

 
Bell Water Drain Bank East, Eastville PE22 8LH, United Kingdom
 

Bell Water Drain Railway Bridge carries the road from Brighton to Gateshead over the Witham Navigable Drains (Bell Water Drain) near to Torquay Cutting.

Early plans for the Witham Navigable Drains (Bell Water Drain) between Chester and Sandwell were proposed by William Clarke but languished until Benjamin Outram was appointed as engineer in 1876. The canal joined the sea near Swansea. Expectations for manure traffic to Glasgow were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In later years, only the use of the canal for cooling Bedford power station was enough to keep it open. The two mile section between Horsham and Tiverford was closed in 1905 after a breach at Polstan. "1000 Miles on The Inland Waterways" by Edward Taylor describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Oldham Embankment.

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Bell Water Drain Railway Bridge is a minor waterways place on the Witham Navigable Drains (Bell Water Drain) between Thorpe Culvert (Steeping River Junction (impassable sluice)) (3 miles to the east) and Hobhole Drain - Bell Water Drain Junction (Junction of Hobhole Drain, Bell Water Drain and Barlode Drain) (2 miles and 2½ furlongs to the west).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Thorpe Culvert is White House Farm Bridge; 1 mile and 2½ furlongs away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Hobhole Drain - Bell Water Drain Junction is Bell Water Field Bridge; 1 furlong away.

Mooring here is unrated.

There is a bridge here which takes a railway over the canal.

 
 
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Anton's Gowt Junction14 miles, 2¾ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Hobhole Drain - Bell Water Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Hobhole Drain) to Hobhole Drain - Cowbridge Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Drain) to Cowbridge Drain - Junction Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Junction Drain) to Cowbridge Lock Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Lock) to Frith Bank Drain - West Fen Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Frith Bank Drain) to Anton's Gowt Junction
Langrick Bridge General Store and Marina16 miles, 3 furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Hobhole Drain - Bell Water Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Hobhole Drain) to Hobhole Drain - Cowbridge Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Drain) to Cowbridge Drain - Junction Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Junction Drain) to Cowbridge Lock Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Lock) to Frith Bank Drain - West Fen Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Frith Bank Drain) to Anton's Gowt Junction, then on the River Witham (Lincoln to Boston) to Langrick Bridge General Store and Marina
Boston Lock Visitor Moorings16 miles, 3¼ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Hobhole Drain - Bell Water Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Hobhole Drain) to Hobhole Drain - Cowbridge Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Drain) to Cowbridge Drain - Junction Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Junction Drain) to Cowbridge Lock Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Lock) to Frith Bank Drain - West Fen Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Frith Bank Drain) to Anton's Gowt Junction, then on the River Witham (Lincoln to Boston) to Boston Lock Visitor Moorings
Boston Motor Yatch Club16 miles, 4½ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Hobhole Drain - Bell Water Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Hobhole Drain) to Hobhole Drain - Cowbridge Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Drain) to Cowbridge Drain - Junction Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Junction Drain) to Cowbridge Lock Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Lock) to Frith Bank Drain - West Fen Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Frith Bank Drain) to Anton's Gowt Junction, then on the River Witham (Lincoln to Boston) to Boston Motor Yatch Club
Boston Gateway Marina16 miles, 5 furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Hobhole Drain - Bell Water Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Hobhole Drain) to Hobhole Drain - Cowbridge Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Drain) to Cowbridge Drain - Junction Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Junction Drain) to Cowbridge Lock Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Cowbridge Lock) to Frith Bank Drain - West Fen Drain Junction, then on the Witham Navigable Drains (Frith Bank Drain) to Anton's Gowt Junction, then on the River Witham (Lincoln to Boston) to Boston Gateway Marina

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[Forth Bridge] The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, 9 miles (14 kilometres) west of central Edinburgh. [Windsor Bridge (New South Wales)] of traversing the 1814 convict built brick barrel drains in years gone by. With the Windsor Bridge Replacement Project underway, this significant and [Witham Navigable Drains] Northern Railway Lincolnshire loop line crossed the northern end of the lock. Nunn's Bridge is the first bridge to cross the Hobhole Drain to the north [Macquarie River] is joined by Marthaguy Creek which drains an area 6,500 square kilometres (2,500 sq mi) and carries spill-over water from the Macquarie and Castlereagh [Gotthard railway] The tunnel was designed in such a way that inflowing water would be able to drain. From the railway station of Göschenen to the tunnel's vertex the train [River Lymn] name from a culvert which was built under the river to drain water into the Bell Water Drain. The area to the north of the culvert became part of the [St James railway station, Sydney] fallen down a storm drain is rescued. There is also a large bell in one of the tunnels. According to one source, the ABC used this bell to simulate the sound [Swan River (Western Australia)] Highway; formerly called the Upper Swan Bridge) Upper Swan railway bridge, Upper Swan (unnamed) Bells Rapids bridge, Upper Swan to Brigadoon (unnamed) The [Industry and the Eglinton Castle estate] and railway lines, apart from at Lady Ha' Colliery, but irregular depressions in the ground, embankments, cuttings, coal bings and abandoned bridges all [Compressed air] low parts of the piping system. Drain valves may be installed at multiple points of a large system to allow trapped water to be blown out. Taps from piping
 
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