The Pictorial Handbook of London: Comprising Its Antiquities, Architecture, Arts, Manufacture, Trade, Social, Literary, and Scientific Institutions, Exhibitions, and Galleries of Art (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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The Thames thence runs southerly through a gorge in the Chil tern Hills, which slope down abruptly towards the narrow valley of the river; it passes Bensington, Wallingford (where it receives a small stream), Pangbourne (where another joins it), Streatley, Ma ple Durham and Purley Hall to Henley. Near Reading, it receives the Kennet, which is formed by the meeting of two rivulets at Marl borough, and is augmented by subsidiary streams at Newberry and at Upton, before it joins the main river. The town of Reading itself is situated upon the Kennet, at a distance of 1% mile from the junction with the Thames. This portion of the river is ren dered navigable for boats 109 ft. Long, by 17 ft. Wide, and 4 ft. Draught of water. Above Reading, the Kennet is canalized for a distance of 185 miles, at which point the Kennet and Avon Canal locks into it. Boats of from 50 to 70 tons navigate on this canal, for the width of the water-line is 44 ft., of the floor-line, 24 ft., with a minimum depth of 5 ft.; the locks are 80 ft. Long between gates, by 14 ft. In width. The Kennet and Avon Canal joins London directly with Bath and Bristol.

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