River Thames: Sunbury Weir C
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River Thames: Sunbury Weir C
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 7 Dec 2008
The weir allows excess water to flow out of the main River Thames and into the back channel on the north-west side of Wheatley's Ait before rejoining the river downstream of the ait. The weir is a comparatively modern structure being built probably post-war as it is not shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1938. It now splits the original Wheatley's Ait into separate islands. The weir has sluice boards and machinery unusually protected by a tiled pitched roof.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.397637
Longitude
-0.417044