Two narrowboats in a graving dock

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Two narrowboats in a graving dock

Image: © Richard Hoare Taken: 11 Feb 2012

This dates back to circa 1840. The boat on the right was appropriately named OXO which I could ideally have done with - hot - on the day in question!

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.194429
Longitude
-2.899979