Something in the gate recess
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Something in the gate recess
Image: © Bill Nicholls Taken: 12 Mar 2011
I have been wondering what this could be in one of the old lock gate recesses turns out it is a water depth monitor which will relay its readings to a remote monitoring point put there by British Waterways (now the Canal and River Trust). Thanks to John Webb for the information
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Image Location
Latitude
51.413249
Longitude
-1.113917