Toll island on the Main Line
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Toll island on the Main Line
Image: © Richard Law Taken: 20 Aug 2014
The now-overgrown remains of the Winson Green gauging or toll island. See Image for the same place soon after the octagonal office had been demolished. Toll islands like this were used to constrict the passage of boats through the canal system in such a way that they could be gauged; by being forced to pass right outside the toll booth, they had to pay the levy for carriage of their cargo on the waterway.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.491609
Longitude
-1.943401