Overflow weir on the River Oughton
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Overflow weir on the River Oughton
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 14 Apr 2015
The river is dammed to power a former mill, and this appears to be an overflow weir, seen here with telephoto from the restricted byway. The river upstream looks very still, so I am surprised that there is so much flow over the weir.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.962372
Longitude
-0.297379