Factory Chimney by the New River
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Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 18 Apr 2015
At first glance this could be an industrial canal scene. Except that as a purpose made water supply channel the New River is only around 1 ft. deep. Dug in the early 1600s, the New River still supplies around 8% of London's water. http://www.thameswater.co.uk/17250.htm