Railway bridge over the River Lark
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Railway bridge over the River Lark
Image: © John Goldsmith Taken: 1 Aug 2010
At this point the River Lark flows at the back of a small industrial estate in Etna Road, tightly constricted in a channel. Through the rail bridge we see a road bridge in the Tesco car park. In the Victorian era barges came up the Lark from the Mildenhall direction and docked in the area now occupied by Tesco. If these concrete channel sides were present at that time then obviously the boats could not travel any further upstream. And a path at the side would be needed for the horse towing the barge. But then any boat movement would seem to need a lot more water flow than is seen today except in the most rainy periods.
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Image Location
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52.253605
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0.716228