Ruislip Lido dam
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Ruislip Lido dam
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 16 May 2010
A young couple enjoy a wet Sunday afternoon stroll across the dam, which was completed in 1811 to impound a supply of water for the Grand Junction Canal, later the Grand Union Canal. The hamlet of Park Hearn disappeared beneath the subsequent lake. One wonders what if anything is left of it now.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.589121
Longitude
-0.43335