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(Line of canal in various ownerships)
The Dorset & Somerset Canal was planned in the 1790s to link the Kennet & Avon near Bath to Poole, Dorset. Work only commenced on a branch line to the west of Frome, in Somerset. The main line was never built. The Dorset & Somerset Canal Society aims to secure the remaining features as stand-alone monuments of the canal-building age. Regular work parties have been undertaken, especially on the recovery of the Fussell's Balance Locks, to conserve the canal and associated industrial archaeological heritage.
