Narrows on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal
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Narrows on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal
Image: © Christine Johnstone Taken: 4 Sep 2012
'Narrows' are places where a canal is intentionally built at its minimum width. Sometimes they are the site of a demolished bridge. More often [and I think in this case] they are points where stop planks can be dropped in across the canal, to close it. This would stop all the water draining out of a long pound if there was a breach somewhere.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.432716
Longitude
-1.928473