Stonar Cut and the A256 crossing
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Stonar Cut and the A256 crossing
Image: © Nick Smith Taken: 2 Jun 2007
Opened in 1776 the Stonar Cut formed a shortcut across the neck of the Sandwich Loop on the River Stour so that floodwater caused by high rainfall or a high spring tide could take the shortest route to the sea without flooding Sandwich. Its sluice gates were renewed in 1999 and for 175 years the gates were manned fulltime.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.301692
Longitude
1.34663