Acre Gap Flood Storage Scheme
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Acre Gap Flood Storage Scheme
Image: © Richard Hoare Taken: 26 Apr 2015
This area is designed to alleviate flooding in the Sandilands area. The area was one of the first breached in the 1953 floods.http://www.suttononsea.info/history/floods.htm It is also being turned into a nature reserve.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.305408
Longitude
0.288553