tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992602348026873746.post7209003361233019405..comments2024-03-01T17:06:16.974+00:00Comments on Harnser's Travels: Wednesday 13 Oct 2010 FoxtonBrian and Diana on NB Harnserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08569360123827850984noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992602348026873746.post-86787271391617836062010-10-14T13:58:46.120+01:002010-10-14T13:58:46.120+01:00The Stratford canal has ¼ and ¾ posts along its ro...The Stratford canal has ¼ and ¾ posts along its route. I have never checked<br />that they are all still there but the majority seems to be. They are very<br />easily missed as they are just rusting upright pieces of rail in the hedge –<br />perhaps put in during Great Western Railway ownership days. When SONCS<br />installed mileposts as a millennium project the location markers were there<br />but BW still used a wheeled ground measure to confirm the distance from<br />Kings Norton junction to get them checked. Unfortunately the man doing it<br />must have nipped off to the pub one lunchtime en route so he ‘resumed’ one ¼<br />mile out of synch. SONACS then installed to his plan. Then a SONACS member<br />spotted the error so BW came along and had to relocate 10 11 and 12 as I<br />recall a further ¼ towards Stratford. [the midpoint 12.5 mile was known] BW<br />did this by wrapping chain around them and simply lifting out of the ground<br />by crane with concrete surround attached. Hence the fact the beautiful paint<br />was scratched and they now need a major repaint exercise. <br /><br />There should be 26 mileposts in total over the 25 mile length to Stratford<br />as there is an additional 12 ½ mile marker at the midpoint by Kingswood<br />junction beside lock 21 outside the old BW offices (former Stratford Canal<br />Company carpenter’s shop and as used by David Hutchings during the<br />restoration). However, the 2 mile marker would be in the tunnel so it was<br />never installed and before you ask the wheel measure was not taken through<br />the tunnel along its wall to measure it so far as I am aware.<br /><br />Clive HBrian and Diana on NB Harnserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08569360123827850984noreply@blogger.com