Gerard's, Field Maple Drive and the Ratcliffe plume
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Gerard's, Field Maple Drive and the Ratcliffe plume
Image: © John Sutton Taken: 1 May 2013
A slightly foreshortened view from Wilkinson Street. In the foreground are some of the remains of Gerard's Soap Works, demolished in 2011. The plume from Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station, eight miles or so away, shows above two of the houses of Field Maple Drive.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.970258
Longitude
-1.177121