Boat sunken in soil
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Boat sunken in soil by Trevor Littlewood as part of the Geograph project.
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Boat sunken in soil
Image: © Trevor Littlewood Taken: 1 Jan 2015
Not a real boat but a 'facsimile' (sic) of one which was used as a ferry for making a crossing of the nearby River Wear until the building in 1898 of Half Penny Bridge. The location is Riverside Park close to Chester-Le-Street.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.854092
Longitude
-1.563379