Ship Inn - Brimscombe Port
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Ship Inn - Brimscombe Port
Image: © John M Taken: 19 Feb 2013
The Thames & Severn Canal opened in 1789 with a large inland port at Brimscombe allowing transfer of cargo from the wider Severn Trow to the narrower Thames Barge that could negotiate the Sapperton Tunnel under the Cotswold hills.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.719537
Longitude
-2.19277