Winding hole, Basingstoke Canal
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Winding hole, Basingstoke Canal
Image: © Robin Webster Taken: 18 Mar 2012
This is a surprisingly late creation, appearing on maps between 1896 and 1914. It seems to date from when the gas works laid a tramway to a wharf opposite, and so barges going to the wharf and no further needed somewhere to turn.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.327719
Longitude
-0.545187