Low Wood industrial dominance
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Low Wood industrial dominance
Image: © Andy Waddington Taken: 29 Mar 2009
The whole of the course of the River Leven is interrupted by weirs which have provided power to various industries. Here, barely above the tidal limit, is the last manifestation of this industrialisation of the river, where a large set of concrete sluices dominate an otherwise rather pleasant-looking garden.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.244792
Longitude
-3.005102