Outflow sluice Silwood Lake
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Outflow sluice Silwood Lake
Image: © Mick Crawley Taken: 13 Dec 2010
This concrete sluice was built in the early 20th century with a view to allowing the sediment to be let out from the bottom of the lake at regular intervals. It never worked, and the lake is now silting up rapidly.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.414097
Longitude
-0.647134