Droitwich Junction Canal - the bywash weir
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Droitwich Junction Canal - the bywash weir
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 31 Jan 2009
The structure in the foreground was long a mystery to me but Peter Lee's website - http://www.leepd60.110mb.com/ - has explained all. This is the bywash weir that supplies water to a long pipeline that connects the Junction Canal to the Barge Canal and bypasses the canalised section of the River Salwarpe. This apparently preserves water quality in the Salwarpe. Immediately next to the weir is the newly formed cut and there is a mooring wharf to the left of the weir. In the left background with bright orange netting is the nearly completed lock No. 7.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.267598
Longitude
-2.137406