Cog wheels, Sion Mills
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Cog wheels, Sion Mills
Image: © Kenneth Allen Taken: 10 Dec 2008
They are part of the mechanism to raise the sluice; there is a row of them and each one controls a gate. It is different from lock gates in a canal, where a long boat has to pass through a single gate
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Image Location
Latitude
54.783879
Longitude
-7.462201