Staines Reservoirs Aqueduct
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Staines Reservoirs Aqueduct
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 20 Jun 2010
The aqueduct was completed around 1900 to take water from the River Thames, about 300 metres upstream of Bell Weir Lock in Image, about 3 kilometres downstream to the two new Staines Reservoirs. Sections of the aqueduct are in tunnels with siphons and some reaches such as this are open. Algal bloom is a summer problem in these open sections, although the water is obviously treated between the aqueduct and it becoming the public supply!
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Image Location
Latitude
51.440826
Longitude
-0.522315