 However, they were all masonry-walled, and catered for larger cargoes than those on the Kennet—closer to 140 tons.After the completion of the quay at Bath in 1729, tolls on the navigation began averaging just less than £1,000 per year ().In similar circumstances to becoming employed on the Avon Navigation, Hore was approached by a Gloucestershire organistation with a view to linking Stroud to the River Severn by making the River Frome navigable.