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Somerset Coal Canal
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Just east of Monkton Combe is the Somerset Coal Canal, which today is a bath and bicycle rental business which uses the relict canals to Berth canal boats. 200 years ago this canal would have been a bustling hub of coal canal boats travelling from west from the Paulton collieries to east across the Dundas Aqueduct. The Somerset Coal Canal opened in 1801 connecting Radstock branch to Paulton, closed in 1898. William Smith played an enormous role in the growth and completion of the Somerset Coal Canal. In many ways this connection between the Somerset and Kennet and Avon canals represents the culmination of Smith’s work, which redefined the economic landscape of south west England.
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