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Why Somerset's canals and railways (still) bristle with anti-tank defences: the Taunton Stop Line

Pedestrian Diversions 44,092 2 years ago
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A tour of some of the relics of the Taunton Stop Line, a system of WW2 anti-tank defences running coast-to-coast across Somerset and Devon. 0:00 Intro 3:46 River Parrett 4:59 Bridgwater & Taunton Canal 8:32 Chard Canal 10:17 Great Western Railway (Chard branch) 12:30 Policy turns against stop lines 15:24 Camouflaging the stop line 17:36 Conclusion / outro

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