Brindley’s Bends – Ansty Traditional Cache
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The Oxford Canal, designed by James Brindley and built during the period 1774 to 1790, was one of the earliest canals in England. Built as a contour canal, it slavishly followed a level line and followed a tortuous route from Coventry to Oxford. In the 1830’s, taking advantage of developments in civil engineering, its line was shortened by some 20 miles, and reduce the time it took for boats to travel from the collieries of the Midlands to London.
This series of caches are placed along parts of the now defunct original Oxford Canal line.
Approaching the village of Ansty, the canal turned northward to create a short loop, thus avoiding the dip in the ground. Traces of the canal can still be seen where they curved back to rejoin the present line near to the water point.
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