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The bridge at Lower Maunsel

The bridge was mined with demolition charges set in five chambers under the eastern side of the bridge. The charges would have been detonated, and the bridge demolished, long before the enemy got near.  All the permanent canal bridges would have been mined.

[Map ref. ST 308298]

In this close-up you can see four of the patched-over chambers.  The water, rising up over them and encouraging the growth of weed, has made the chambers appear larger than they really are.

                                                                                 

 

 

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