THAMES HEAD. THE part of the Thames and Severn Canal which is represented in the annexed engraving, passes beneath the road from Cirencester to Tetbury, and so on to Bath, and at a small distance from the first rising of the Thames, in the Parish of Cotes, in the County of Gloucester. The Steam Engine, which is a principal object in the picture, has been erected to throw water from springs below, to supply the Canal above. This Engine throws up three hogsheads at a stroke, and gives sixteen strokes in a minute. The Spire in the distance, rises from the Church of Kemble, a pleasant village, in which is the seat of Charles Cox, Esquire. |