Weir on the River Leven between Backbarrow and Haverthwaite

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Weir on the River Leven between Backbarrow and Haverthwaite by Karl and Ali as part of the Geograph project.

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Weir on the River Leven between Backbarrow and Haverthwaite

Image: © Karl and Ali Taken: 24 Nov 2012

This was built to extract water for the gunpwder works at Low Wood Image The road bridge is just visible upriver.

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Image Location

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Latitude
54.248913
Longitude
-2.995841