Site of Beach's Mill
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Site of Beach's Mill
Image: © Robin Webster Taken: 25 Mar 2012
The bridge is over the former mill race on the River Can. It latterly processed leather. In 1901 the owners turned to brickmaking, with a works on the far bank and clay pits downstream on the near bank, connected by a narrow gauge railway which ran over the bridge. Over twenty years ago the track was visible on the bridge, set in concrete. Today the surface is tarmac - perhaps the rails are still there underneath. The rest of the mill substructure upstream of the footbridge is used for modern sluices.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.737754
Longitude
0.446312