Open area between Lemon Quay and Back Quay
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Open area between Lemon Quay and Back Quay by Roger Templeman as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Roger Templeman Taken: 12 Nov 2011
In the 1850s this area was the channel of the River Kenwyn which now flows underground. At that time there was a bridge here on which an OS cut mark benchmark was cut and levelled at 17.816 ft. above Ordnance Datum Liverpool. See http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm40204 for details.