Freshwater Bay, Portland
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Freshwater Bay, Portland
Image: © Robin Webster Taken: 26 Nov 2011
Cheyne House is prominent. To its right is a hump which is the old Admiralty pump house, which once pumped fresh water up from a tank below fed by a natural spring issuing from the cliff. The bay was once more pronounced, but there was 19th century tipping of unwanted quarry debris into the sea forming the near slopes. The quarry concerned was inland, and a tramway was used to transport the rock to the tip.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.530847
Longitude
-2.436479