Intake for the mill race, River Leven
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Intake for the mill race, River Leven
Image: © Karl and Ali Taken: 24 Nov 2012
These modern sluice gates extract water from the river and allow it to run down the old mill race. Formerly, this was to power the gunpowder mill but is now used to generate electricity. There is plenty of water today.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.248642
Longitude
-2.995988