The Mill Stream, Crane Park
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The Mill Stream, Crane Park
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 13 Nov 2011
This is the channel that once took the River Crane to the wheels of the old gunpowder mills which operated here until 1927. http://www.oldindustry.org/ShotTowers/local_history_river_crane.pdf The wheels are long gone, but the sluices are still visible. The millstream is now silted and overgrown as you see, but is no doubt a very good habitat. It's part of Crane Park Island nature reserve. Most of the river flow now goes down the channel to the south of the island.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.443788
Longitude
-0.379043